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Sony offers up Eco design coverings for FZ laptop line-up

James Allan Brady, Nov 8th 2007 Discuss [0]

So Sony, in a fairly weak effort to seem socially responsible, has decided to offer up 1% of the sales cost of these Eco-wrapped laptops to an environmental charity. Sure, one percent is a step in the right direction, but really, is that the best they could do? Anyways, you can get your laptop covered with your choice of four cover designs, Caribbean Water, Clay Earth, Spotted Life, and Bloom. Then the 1% goes to onepercentfortheplanet.org which is a collection of companies that are trying to make a healthier environment. Read The Full Story

Sony VAIO UX490

James Allan Brady, Nov 4th 2007 Discuss [0]

Sony will be releasing their latest addition to their VAIO UX line here in the US soon. The updates include Vista Business and a new Intel Core 2 Solo processor. Other than that you will be hit with 48GB of SSD storage, which is probably where most of the $2500 price tag comes from, but should make the battery life better than HDD based models. The new processor operates at 1.2GHz which if I recollect right means you also get a bit of a speed boost. Read The Full Story

Sony LF-V30 LocationFree Base Station is no SlingBox killer

James Allan Brady, Oct 19th 2007 Discuss [0]

Sure, Sony was first to market with a place-shifting television technology, but SlingBox did it better. And still do. Even with the release of this latest piece of hardware Sony can only best the latest SlingBox Pro in a few areas. But if you already have a LocationFree based network, or you plan on adding some of the nicer bits of hardware from Sony’s line to your home theater, this isn’t a bad choice. Read The Full Story

Sony UX490N UMPC to hit US with 48GB SSD but only 1GB of RAM

Chris Davies, Oct 18th 2007 Discuss [0]

Well we knew they were coming in general, and now we know that the latest Sony UMPC - the VGN-UX490N - will be landing in the US complete with a 1.2GHz Core 2 Solo processor and 48GB SSD drive. Support materials have already appeared on Sony's site, in advance of an official announcement, as well as marketing specifications that hold a worrying tidbit about how much RAM the UMPC can support. Read The Full Story

Sony VAIO VGN-FZ220U/B – Sleek, sophisticated and priced just right

Chris Scott Barr, Oct 11th 2007 Discuss [0]

I've always thought that Sony's VAIO notebooks always looked just a bit nicer than the competition. However, a lot of times you would have to pay a premium to enjoy that sleek design. Their latest offering has plenty to offer in the looks department, but won't break the bank either. Read The Full Story

Sony VAIO NR unveiled as fashion oriented notebooks

James Allan Brady, Sep 25th 2007 Discuss [0]

Want to know how I know they are geared towards the fashion minded? Listen to these color choices, Wenge, Silk, and Granite. Wenge is a brown with copper accents, Silk is a bright white that has a matte finish (I thought silk was glossy) and Granite is silver with “natural tones”. At least its not lacking in features, with a 15.4” LCD, Intel Core 2 Duo processor, a/b/g flavors of wifi, A/V mode, a DVD optical drive, and SD and MS PRO card slots. All of that comes at a mere price of $750. Now all you have to do is wait for October to come when they start shipping. New Sony VAIO NR Notebooks [via i4u]

Vaio Zoom – Don’t get excited, it’s just a concept

Chris Scott Barr, Sep 19th 2007 Discuss [0]

Sometimes I wonder how one becomes a concept design artist. I'm sure you have to have a creative mind, and being good with Photoshop helps too. I usually wonder this when I see a concept for something that clearly doesn't exist, and likely never will. Take this sweet-looking Vaio Zoom notebook. Read The Full Story

Sony VAIO TP1 Living Room PC is released – Still looks like a roll of toilet paper

Chris Scott Barr, Jul 27th 2007 Discuss [3]

Remember back in February when we showed you Sony's aptly-named TP1 Living Room PC? Well Sony has finally gotten around to releasing it, and they really didn't make a big deal about it. Read The Full Story

Sony’s New Ultra-Portable VAIO TZ

James Allan Brady, Jul 18th 2007 Discuss [0]

11.1 inches diagonal and less than an inch thick. 2.65 pounds, and a battery life of 4-7.5 hours depending on usage. Think you have died and gone to ultra-portable heaven? Me too. Read The Full Story

Sony’s Blu-Ray toting VAIO FZ180 media laptop reviewed

Chris Davies, Jul 10th 2007 Discuss [0]

If you want a laptop with built-in HD and a Blu-Ray drive then your options are pretty limited, and you're generally looking at something highly wallet-draining. Crunchgear's Seth Porges has been playing with one such machine: the $2,000 Sony VAIO LZ180, which fills a crisp-edged case with Intel's 2GHz Core 2 Duo T7300 CPU, a 15-inch Xbrite display running off an NVidia GeForce 8400 GT, and a 200GB hard-drive to store all that lovely media. Read The Full Story

Sony’s latest VAIO squares up to MacBook

Chris Davies, Jul 4th 2007 Discuss [3]

Something tells me that if you bit into this VAIO CR laptop you'd find a striking aftertaste of Apple. There's certainly no avoiding where Sony got the design prompt for its latest notebook range from, but since the tech product world is full of mimicry, emulation and tribute it's easier to ignore it and look at how well the CR stacks up. NotebookReview have done just that. Read The Full Story

Sony announces “Ultimate HD” workstation

Chris Scott Barr, Jun 21st 2007 Discuss [0]

Sony have announced their new “Ultimate HD” workstation. As you may have guessed, they are aiming this desktop at editing HD video; you can probably also guess that it doesn't come cheap. Read The Full Story