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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. Very Sexy by Moblaster · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Except for the proprietary ATRAC format killing of your poor MP3 world.

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

  2. 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

  3. bang for your buck by millahtime · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The real question is bang for your buck. One of the big things with the powerbooks is what you get for what you pay. You almost always come away with a better deal with a powerbook. The best I have seen is another laptop come even.

    THe other big plus in the powerbook is a BSD based OS. Not windows so there isn't as much crap (virus, worms, etc) to deal with.

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