A clamshell design? You mean like every single laptop ever made?
"It runs Windows, making it smaller than the average netbook". Am I missing something or is that a complete non-sequitur? What does that comment actually mean?
It's an Atom based machine with 1GB memory, 120GB HDD, 2xUSB, WiFi, 3G and a combined touchpad keyboard similar to the PS3's chat keypad. It will be bundled with a host of communication apps that will allow phone calls, SMS, MMS, VOIP, etc. Not as revolutionary as you think but a pretty good PDA replacement that can be used as a big phone.
I used to have a sony in that form factor, this was way before widescreen became even remotely popular in computing. I think I had it in around the year 2000. It was a pentium pro machine IIRC and I used to run IBM VisualAge for Java on it and work on the train.
fantastic little machine, wish i had one now, though I *wont* be able to afford sony prices for a while... sigh...
The double touchscreen thing, if it turns out to be true, would be a huge shame. The advantage of a touchscreen is ditching the keyboard, so the device can be ultra-slimline and lightweight (see the iPhone). The advantage of a physical keyboard is that you can actually type on it at speed (see the Blackberry). The advantage of two touchscreens and no keyboard is... er, the worst of both worlds?
As to be shaped like a badger wearing a satellite ground station. But at the end of the day after the hassle I had with my Sony over the pile of fail that was my Vaio - I wouldn't even touch this with an extremely long and safe stick.
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Middle Earth says hi to Sony's new Vaio
Anonymous Coward
..just...take a slice! #
Posted Monday 22nd December 2008 15:26 GMT
Double Touchscreen.
I called it.
Anonymous Coward
Eh wot? #
Posted Monday 22nd December 2008 15:26 GMT
A clamshell design? You mean like every single laptop ever made?
"It runs Windows, making it smaller than the average netbook". Am I missing something or is that a complete non-sequitur? What does that comment actually mean?
Aron
Specs #
Posted Monday 22nd December 2008 15:26 GMT
It's an Atom based machine with 1GB memory, 120GB HDD, 2xUSB, WiFi, 3G and a combined touchpad keyboard similar to the PS3's chat keypad. It will be bundled with a host of communication apps that will allow phone calls, SMS, MMS, VOIP, etc. Not as revolutionary as you think but a pretty good PDA replacement that can be used as a big phone.
The Mighty Spang
this does not look like anything new #
Posted Monday 22nd December 2008 15:45 GMT
I used to have a sony in that form factor, this was way before widescreen became even remotely popular in computing. I think I had it in around the year 2000. It was a pentium pro machine IIRC and I used to run IBM VisualAge for Java on it and work on the train.
fantastic little machine, wish i had one now, though I *wont* be able to afford sony prices for a while... sigh...
The Mighty Spang
oops should have scrolled the linked article #
Posted Monday 22nd December 2008 15:45 GMT
thats one of them things i had, right there :)
great machine.
Jerome
Double touchscreen? #
Posted Monday 22nd December 2008 15:45 GMT
The double touchscreen thing, if it turns out to be true, would be a huge shame. The advantage of a touchscreen is ditching the keyboard, so the device can be ultra-slimline and lightweight (see the iPhone). The advantage of a physical keyboard is that you can actually type on it at speed (see the Blackberry). The advantage of two touchscreens and no keyboard is... er, the worst of both worlds?
Aristotles slow and dimwitted horse
It could be so revolutionary a laptop design... #
Posted Monday 22nd December 2008 16:57 GMT
As to be shaped like a badger wearing a satellite ground station. But at the end of the day after the hassle I had with my Sony over the pile of fail that was my Vaio - I wouldn't even touch this with an extremely long and safe stick.
Anonymous Coward
PCG #
Posted Monday 22nd December 2008 16:57 GMT
PCG = Sony Picturebook range as I recall, having owned one of the early incarnations (and vowed never to buy Sony again as a result).
Chris Mellor
Reply to Eh wot? #
Posted Monday 22nd December 2008 16:57 GMT
The non sequitur you referred to is now a sequitur - if that makes sense :-)
Chris.
Britt Johnston
@ jerome - double trouble #
Posted Monday 22nd December 2008 16:57 GMT
'two touchscreens and no keyboard is... er, the worst of both worlds?'
...better than two keyboards and no screen, though.
Anonymous Coward
Fire supression system built in? #
Posted Monday 22nd December 2008 20:58 GMT
Maybe the new thing is that the batteries won't burst into flames.