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Sony VAIO LV-series High-Definition PC/TV

Chris Davies, Sep 3rd 2008 Discuss [0]

Sony are describing their VAIO LV-series as a High-Definition PC/TV. Not only is the LV a full desktop media PC, with a 24-inch WUXGA 1920 x 1200 FullHD LCD, up to a 3.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 processor, 4GB of RAM and up to 1TB of 7,200rpm SATA storage, it has an HDMI input so that it can be used as a 1080p display. Read The Full Story

Sony VAIO JS-series All-in-One Desktop PCs

Chris Davies, Sep 3rd 2008 Discuss [0]

Sony has announced its latest series of All-in-One VAIO desktop PCs, the JS-series, which the company envisages being used in kitchens and dens. Based on a 3.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 processor with 4GB of RAM, a 500GB 7,200rpm hard-drive and a 20.1-inch LCD display, the JS-series will have optional Blu-ray. Read The Full Story

Sony VAIO VGF-CP1U WiFi Digital Photo Frame

Chris Davies, Sep 3rd 2008 Discuss [0]

Sony have announced a new digital photo frame with built-in WiFi b/g networking, the VAIO VGF-CP1U. Centered around a 7-inch 800 x 480 display, the CP1U has 128MB of internal memory as well as a memory card reader compatible with Memory Stick, SD and CF and a USB port. While obviously useful for showing digital photos, the CP1U can also display RSS feeds and play MP3s or SHOUTcast streaming radio through its built-in speakers. Read The Full Story

Sony UX UMPC modded with Core 2 Duo U7600: Extreme soldering skills

Chris Davies, Aug 29th 2008 Discuss [0]

Sony's VAIO UX is a slick little UMPC, but it's overdue a processor upgrade. Micro PC Talk forum member Anh Nguyen couldn't be bothered waiting for Sony to do the honours, so he cracked open his UX280P, desoldered the 1.2GHz Core Solo U1400 chip from the mainboard and replaced it with an Intel Core 2 Duo U7600. Read The Full Story

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SlashGear Week in Review – July 20th

Chris Davies, Jul 20th 2008 Discuss [0]

The budget ultraportable trend showed no signs of slowing this week, as Acer’s Aspire One hit US shelves priced from $379. Meanwhile, sources close to Dell’s suppliers tipped the company’s upcoming ‘E’ netbook as carrying a mere $299 price tag, and perhaps even landing as early as next month.

As for grown-up notebooks, Intel finally made the Centrino 2 platform official, and with it the promise of not only faster processors but native draft-N WiFi support and longer battery life. In fact this week the company had plenty to be pleased about, as they soundly thrashed arch-rival AMD with their Q2 2008 financial performance.

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Hands on with Sony’s new VAIO range

Vincent Nguyen, Jul 15th 2008 Discuss [0]

Sony invited us down to the Hilton in midtown Manhattan earlier on today to spend some hands-on time with their new 2008 VAIO lineup. While the company could never be accused of pushing out exactly unstylish notebooks, the latest Z, FW, SR and BZ machines are particularly successful when it comes to a cohesive and stylish design language. After the cut you can see hands-on photos and video of all four of the new models, including our personal favourite, the super-slick multimedia ultraportable VAIO Z.

Sony VAIO Z

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Sony VAIO faces 2008 with new Z, FW, SR & BZ notebooks

Chris Davies, Jul 14th 2008 Discuss [0]

Sony has pulled the wraps off of its 2008 VAIO lineup, and there are fresh Z, FW, SR and BZ machines serving everything from the sober-suited business-person to the Blu-ray media junkie. All running Intel Centrino 2 processors, the smallest of the new range is the Z, with a 13.1-inch display, NVIDIA 9300M graphics, Blu-ray and a full-sized hard-drive bay with space for a dual-SSD RAID array. All that in just a 1-inch thick, 3.4 pound slab, with a HDMI port to play nicely with your big-screen TV. Read The Full Story

Customize your Penryn with VAIO Graphic Splash Expression Collection notebooks

Daniel Lim, Feb 26th 2008 Discuss [0]

The Sony’s VAIO® Graphic Splash Expression Collection notebooks remind me of having a set of Photoshop brush and layering tools at your fingertip. It allows you to express your creativity by mixing and matching colors, patterns and keyboard fonts for your personal design. Read The Full Story

Sony bumps processor, offers up new skins on Vaio T series

James Allan Brady, Jan 29th 2008 Discuss [0]

Sony is bumping the processor speed for their T series Vaio’s from 1.06GHz to 1.2GHz. On top of that, from Sony Vaio Style Japan you’ll be able to get some new skins for your notebook. Read The Full Story

Sony is preparing to launch laptops with Penryn processor

Liaw Kim Poh, Dec 30th 2007 Discuss [0]

Not wanting to get left behind by Acer and Fujitsu-Siemens, Sony is preparing to launch its Penryn based laptops. The VAIO AR7, FZ4, and SZ7 will feature Intel’s new Core 2 Duo mobile that uses 45nm-manufacturing process. The Santa Rosa Refresh platform combined with Penryn based CPU will give laptop users longer battery life. Now all I need is to get one of these Penryn chip on my MacBook Pro!

Sony drops new flash based Vaio notebook

James Allan Brady, Nov 28th 2007 Discuss [0]

This new notebook, well it looks amazing, and the spec sheet, even better. Get this, it weighs 2 pounds 10 ounces, that means the Happy Meal you just picked up at McDonalds for your kid probably weighs more. Furthermore, it has the 32GB SSD drive, which keeps things cool, low power, and faster than a standard laptop HDD. It has a Centrino Duo processor to boot, and thanks in part to the SSD drive, a 5 hour battery life when in power save mode. Read The Full Story

Sony VAIO UX490 UMPC unboxed

Chris Davies, Nov 8th 2007 Discuss [0]

Ah, the good old unboxing. It's the modern-day equivalent of taking your knitting to the local hanging, what with all the vicarious pleasure on offer. Latest to strip off its cardboard sheath and say "hello world!" is the VAIO UX490N/C UMPC, the update to Sony's screen-sliding miniature masterpiece, with new owner Berto showing off the retail packaging and the device itself (complete with extended battery). Read The Full Story