Sony netbooks are usually very expensive. The 8″ netbook is especially very expernsive, MSRP at $1499. But now, there is a Sony coupon code “VAIO500P” to cut the price of the Sony VAIO P netbook from $1499.99 to $999.99. The netbooks on sale are the Garnet Red Sony VAIO P netbook model no. VGN-P698E/R, or Onyx Black, model no. VGN-P698E/Q. Shipping is free. This Sony VAIO P netbook features an Intel Atom Z530 1.6GHz processor, 8″ 1600×768 LED-backlit widescreen LCD, 2GB RAM, 128GB Serial ATA Solid-State Drive (SSD), built-in webcam with microphone, 802.11n wireless, Bluetooth, 4-hour battery life, and Windows Vista Home Premium. Coupon expires October 13.
Sony VAIO L all-in-one PC/HDTV was released today. This is the first PC combined with touchscreen HDTV. The Sony VAIO L all-in-one PC/HDTV has a 24″” 1920×1080p Full HD touchscreen display. In addition, the built-in digital NTSC/ATSC TV tuner make this PC/HDTV has DVR capabilities.
This Sony VAIO L all-in-one PC/HDTV uses the latest Windows 7 operation system and boosted by an Intel processor up to Core 2 Quad 2.66GHz. The maximum RAM can be up to 12GB. Graphics uses a NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M GPU with 1GB video memory or a 512MB GeForce G210M. Blu-ray/DVD combo drive is standard option. The price of this all-in-one PC/HDTV starts at $1299.99.
Sony, Samsung and Pioneer are the three major players in the market of external DVD/CD burners. Today, Sony announced the new DRX-S70U-W slim and portable external multi-format DVD SuperMulti recorder.
This new Sony DRX-S70U-W DVD burner has a slim design and uses USB 2.0 interface. This new Sony DVD burner sold together with the Nero DVD/CD software to facilitate the burning process. It can burn DVD+/-R and DVD+RW at 8X, DVD+/-R dual layer and DVD-RW at 6X, DVD-RAM at 5X and CD-R/RW at 24X.
Sony just released the thinnest portable media player-the Sony Walkman NW A840 media player. The thickness of this device is measured to be only 7.2mm! This thinnest Walkman Media Player is available in 16GB (NW-A845), 32GB (NW-A846) and 64GB (NW-A847) models in Black and Copper colors.The limited version in purple color is also available on the official release date October 31, 2009.
This new Sony Walkman Media Player can play MP3, WMA, ATRAC, ATRAC Advanced Lossless, AAC, PCM audio files, MPEG-4 AVC H.264, WMV video files and JPEG image files. It can also play FM radio with built-in FM tuner.
Other technical features are 2.8-inch 240×400 OLED display, S-Master digital noise cancellation technology, and Digital Sound Enhancement Engine.
Sony announced the new Sony VAIO X series netbook at IFA 2009 today. Many bloggers like to call this Sony VAIO X ultraportable device a notebook. But, in my opinion, I would rather call this a netbook. Most surprisingly, this Sony VAIO X netbook is made of carbon fiber which is typically used to make high strength but low weight composite materials.
This netbook uses 11.2″ display and weighs 1.5 lbs only! Rumors are out that this Sony VAIO X will be using Intel Atom Processor. But it would be also possible that this netbook might be using the ULV processor which is typically used for ultra-thin designed notebooks (like the MSI X600). The thickness of this netbook would be only 0.5 inch.
Google announced today that Google has worked out a deal with Sony to put Google Chrome browser in Sony VAIO computers. It is an important step that Google did to promote the Chrome browser to reach more consumers. Customers will be receiving the computers that installed with Google Chrome soon, although Google Chrome is free through Google.
This is the first deal that Google made to reach more internet users with PC makers. I believe Google will contact more PC makers in the near future to promote the Chrome browser. Internet Explorer take about 68% of browser market and Google Chrome only occupy about 2%. The future of Google’s Chrome is bright but most internet users actually do not care or even know much about browser. And they do not know how to evaluate a browser. Since essentially all the PCs are installed Windows OS, internet explorer is the only choice for most users. As Google’s move to pre-install Google Chrome in the PCs, the competition between Windows, Google and Firefox will become more intense.
Sources also indicate that Google is working with other partners to bundle Google Chrome with other softwares or programs. A nice step Google!
Sony just launched the new Sony A850 DSLR camera with a 24.6-megapixel Exmor CMOS image sensor. This device is now available for preorder at amazon.com. This A850 model equipped with the same sensor that used in Sony’s A900 DSLR camera but it is much cheaper ($2000 vs. $2700). There is no much difference between the A900 and A850 models. The only difference I can tell so far is the 100% viewfinder coverage in A900 vs. 98% in A850 which I do not think it is not worth $700 buck!
Some features of the new A850 camera:
24.6MP, 35mm full frame Exmor™ CMOS image sensor
SteadyShot INSIDE™ image stabilization
Dual BIONZ processors for up to fast 3fps performance
3.0″ display (921K pixels), 9-point AF system w/ additional 10-point assist
Anti-Dust system
The question remains is why people want to buy the A900 with a $700 gap between two similar products?
Other Sony A series DSLR cameras are: Sony A230, Sony A330, Sony A380, Sony A500, Sony A550, and Sony A700.
Sony VAIO W is the first official netbook launched in July 2009. Priced at $499, it is really a nice netbook. But it comes with only standard netbook features which you can find on MSI, ASUS, or Acer netbooks. Why would you want to pay more money for a similar product?
Here are two things I can imagine:
1. Intel Atom N280 processor
2. 10.1″ 1366×768 resolution LCD screen
Other than that, I can not find any reason to buy a $500 machine which can be replaced by a $300 one.
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Sony VAIO W is the first official netbook launched in July 2009. Priced at $499, it is really a nice netbook. But it comes with only standard netbook features which you can find on MSI, ASUS, or Acer netbooks. Why would you want to pay more money for a similar product?
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