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A Raft Of New Products From Sony Japan

Posted by timothy on from the holding-out-on-us dept.

my1wong writes "Sony Japan has launched a DoVaio campaign which features a lot of new stuff. ... Main new stuff included wide screen notebooks ( E series), multimedia desktop replacement ( A Series), long-awaited evolution update to the ultra small U101, and this time it's a tablet indeed ( U series). Last but not least, the expected challenger to iPod, it's called VAIO pocket, VGF-AP1. All very sexy... Guess Sony has been woken up by Apple's success with iPods and Powerbooks."

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  1. Sony Vaio Pocket VGF-AP1 vs iPod by jsinnema · · Score: 5, Informative

    The 20 GB Vaio is heavier and bigger than the 20 GB iPod.

    Great advantage: battery power for 20 hours instead of iPods 8 hours

  2. One Vaio problem... by Mantrid · · Score: 3, Informative

    Just got a Vaio for our President, one of the small ones, he loves it and all, but the problem I have with the Sony's is the sheer amount of crap they install on the machines - the thing just seems to really drag its feet due to all the unnecessary software installed. I got rid of most of it anyways, but what a pain.

  3. Re:Very Sexy by hype7 · · Score: 3, Informative
    Let's see what happens if you switch a few words...

    Except for the proprietary DRM'ed AAC format killing of your poor MP3 world.

    Ever notice that if you choose Apple, everything seems to work really well with if it is also from Apple? In their hardwary kind of way, they are getting as hegemonous as the big M.


    The huge difference being that the iPod plays MP3s, WAVs, AIFFs, and AAC.

    The Sony job only plays its own format.

    So your analogy is fundamentally flawed.

    -- james
  4. Re:Sony Vaio Pocket VGF-AP1 vs iPod by g0_p · · Score: 3, Informative

    The IPods not much smaller than the Sony player. Sony's player has the following dimensions:
    11.5 x 6.3 x 1.7(cm) as compared to 10.4 x 6 x 1.57 (cm) for the IPod (20 GB)

    It weighs 195gms as compared to IPods 158 grams.

    Read short writeup from The Register

    Not sure if the Sony player plays video though.. It has a color screen and 20 hours of battery life. May give some competition to the IPod if the ease-of-use factor does not suck.

    Oh yeah, and for all those nay-sayers who say that this will crash and burn, dont be so hasty. I know people who will buy a gizmo only because its a Sony. It has a good reputation that it will cash in on..

  5. wait till it goes wrong. by RMH101 · · Score: 3, Informative

    faulty laptop? sony *won't* sell you the spares. they don't even provide *drivers* for some of the suckers, as some different model numbers merely denote different OS's installed at delivery, and they won't let you change and keep support. they're legendary for the quality of a support - just not in a good way.