New Sony Lifestyle PC May Contend with Apple’s iPad
Sony Electronics has taken the wraps off a remodeled Vaio P Series way of living P.C. that sports a variety of built in, one-touch buttons for enabling users to straight away access the web, adjust screen resolution or even tune-up their machines. Approximate dimensions of a business envelope and tipping the scales at only 1.4 pounds, the small device has industry observers speculating that the design platform will help Sony launch a Web tablet to compete with Apple’s iPad. One explanation is because Vaio P users will be well placed to surf the Web without a keyboard or mouse with the trackpad, as well as the right and left click buttons, which have been built right into the LCD. Measuring 9.6x 0.78×4.7 inches, the Sony Vaio P sports an eight-inch, ultra-wide LED display with a resolution of 1600×768-pixels and an 83-key Qwerty-keyboard.
Under the hood, the new machine integrates a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor and Intel graphics media accelerator, a multimedia memory card reader and SD memory card slot, two USB 2.0 ports, camera and microphone. Also on tap is a solid state drive with up to 256GB of computer memory and 2GB of Ram Memory. The communications capacities aboard the Sony Vaio P include built-in Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n) and Verizon Wireless Mobile Broadband radios. Similarly, the new device features inbuilt real-time GPS, together with a Bluetooth radio for streaming audio in stereo to compatible speakers and headsets.
On the software side, the Sony Vaio P ships with Windows seven Home Premium but can also be ordered with Windows seven professional. Sony’s new machine also comes with Norton Internet Security 2009 as well as a 30-day trial of Microsoft Office 2010 Starter. But what really sets the new device apart from the pack is the range of one-touch buttons that provide users with single-click access to software. Just like on Sony’s Playstation 3 and Bravia HDTV consoles, Sony Vaio P incorporates a one-button quick-boot option called Instant Mode that guarantees to supply fast access to the Web, e-mail and pictures. Many users will appreciate the fact that the Sony Vaio P can be turned on its side to modify the viewing alignment from the conventional computer landscape mode to a portrait mode. This will make the device better for reading eBooks, as an example, or viewing vertically orientated Web pages. So maybe the iPad has some competition out there.
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