Comments on: Sony’s mystery Vaio appears- what is it?

By: timothyt

timothyt — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:43:06 +0000

Wait I think something is missing. This picture showed up on a few other blogs and the white thing is not the new device. It’s just an envelope with some writing on it, and the writing is what the ad was all about.

By: Luscious

Luscious — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 02:26:42 +0000

Reminds me of the HP Jornadas from the 90′s, only bigger. The keyboard layout on those were pretty good, but I still favor the 2133 mini note, both for keyboard and screen.

Interesting device from Sony nonetheless, but I’m more curious about the HP 2133 refresh coming in April.

By: Oliver

Oliver — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:11:55 +0000

iPhone killer? Given the size, the way it would kill my iPhone would be if it was dropped on it.

By: Scotty

Scotty — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:55:04 +0000

It looks to me like that Intel concept portable that had the unusually long screen: labeled by the blogosphere as the iPhone killer. I’d put my money on it having a big long multi-touch screen and a bluetooth headset/full duplex speaker phone for making phone calls.

By: Mickey Segal

Mickey Segal — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:45:53 +0000

This is certainly done with more style than my picture of a computer in a sport jacket pocket: http://www.segal.org/tablet/photo/

By: scoobie

scoobie — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:22:01 +0000

@Tori – can you post a link to the pictures?

What on earth is an optical bar?

By: scoobie

scoobie — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:59:48 +0000

I agree – updated picturebook. And not the U replacement I was expecting. I think that is still to surface- they are definately committed to pocketable devices I believe.

By: ToriHeigh

ToriHeigh — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:58:45 +0000

it’s actually about the same size as an EEE 900 but without the touchpad & palmrest area. it has a very similar sized KB & a new “optical bar” which is very similar to an “optical point” but allows for multitouch input. there are already pics of it fully opened on a JPN website but it’s those type of pics that popup (background fades out) & you cant right-click to save.

its basically a direct competitor to the new Raon except this is FAR better designed, uses an Atom, gets much better battery life, and has an 8.9 screen.

By: KG

KG — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:44:38 +0000

An updated picturebook?. I always loved that form factor but hated the keyboard.

I really like my hp 2133, but still drag out my mobilpro 900 when light weight and long battery life are paramount. I’d love an updated mp900 type device, but I can’t stand typing on sony’s smaller keyboards.

By: Bruno

Bruno — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:05:59 +0000

BTW, I read somewhere that the dimension were going to be 9.5″ x 4.5″

By: Bruno

Bruno — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:05:01 +0000

I don’t even know what it is yet but I already want one!

By: Oliver

Oliver — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:04:52 +0000

Maybe that model was, hmm, weight challenged and they stretched the video to make her look slim? ;)