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Sony U750P Handtop

Posted by timothy on from the cute-but-limited dept.

captainJam writes "In September we announced that Sony's U50/U70 line was being dropped. With news today that a North American version of this handtop is coming out, that news becomes half-truth. The U50/U70 may be no more, but the line has been upgraded a touch and simplified by having just one model instead of two. Handtops.com has a brief look at the new Sony U750P."

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  1. What's the niche? by Kiyooka · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Wouldn't it be better to buy a laptop for that price? Then you could play DVD movies and do a lot more other things too.

    Then again, with this you can bring all your work AND media with you. Plug it in at work, detach it, listen to mp3s on the subway ride home, plug it in at home...

    Nah, I'd still rather have a laptop!

  2. being tiny and inciting lust in other geeks by RMH101 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    that's the point: they're tiny, they look cool, and you want one. much like a mont blanc fountain pen or an omega seamaster watch compared to a biro or a cheap digital watch: they don't do anything different - they're just nicer - and some people are prepared to pay for this.
    personally i could have bought a hundred cheap watches for the price of my omega, but i keep telling myself that the amortised cost per glance at the time is quite reasonable!

  3. Just a reminder folks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Captain Jam

    Another one of /.'s favorite advertisers. Now we have another story plugging his crappie little site.

    News for Nerds? Shills that matter.


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