Comments on: New Sony UMPC info includes specs and a sub $1000 price.

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:30:25 +0000

I agree with Al 100%.

By: Kazelvwg

Kazelvwg — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:33:19 +0000

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By: ArchiMark

ArchiMark — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:08:37 +0000

Re-read brett’s post, he didn’t say that it said Jan 5th anywhere…what he said that if you watch that site, all will be revealed on Jan 5th….

By: scoobie

scoobie — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:58:28 +0000

brett – I don’t see 5th jan anywhere at that link?

By: brett

brett — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:49:02 +0000

and that’s about 24hrs (5th Jan JP time)

so everyone wake up at 3am to see it

By: brett

brett — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:46:44 +0000

sony japan was saying : all to be revealed 5th Jan…

http://www.vaio.sony.co.jp/

watch this space

By: Steve Paine

Steve Paine — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:08:34 +0000

Scooobie
It supports 2gb. i had it running with 2gb here on the sc3

By: scoobie

scoobie — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:04:59 +0000

Can the 1.33 atom menlow platform support 2GB? No one has done that so far. Does that mean its not menlow?

By: ArchiMark

ArchiMark — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:35:48 +0000

Good points, Chippy….. although do you mean a ’skewed view’ or ’screwed view’?

By: DavidC1

DavidC1 — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:21:03 +0000

Eww, no. If the CPU isn’t going to be the top end Atom Z540, what’s the point of getting Netbook-sized UMPCs that cost 2x the much.

Fujitsu U820 is a better choice for similar pricing, and the Wibrain I1 and the Viliv S5 will blow it away with better battery life and lower pricing.

By: startac

startac — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:18:50 +0000

This is a revival of Sony’s C1 Picturebook from the 2000-2004 time period. Unlike the C1’s Transmeta processoor which was low powered in both senses, the Intel Atom is fairly decent. Also unlke the C1, there will probably not be a rotating webcam/digicam. “Subnotebooks” are not anew idea but the extreme price reduction with the coming of “netbooks” is.

By: Chippy

Chippy — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 11:34:19 +0000

I agree but all of those systems are regarded as too expensive by many people.

Maybe Sony will hit the right balance with profit margin/sales numbers though. always try to keep in mind that increasing the price by a small percent can have a large effect on profit margin. If sales drop by a large %, you can still be in a place where lower sales nunbers mean higher profit!

Steve.

By: Chippy

Chippy — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 11:30:39 +0000

Creating a buzz on our level is often not good enough for consumer electronics producs. Bloggers like to think they are addressing the world of normal buyers but that isn’t the case so there’s often a scewed view.

Having said that, this device will probably be priced into an area where buyers/ IT departments will do at least some research on the ‘net so maybe you’re right! Maybe it’s hitting right mark.

Steve

By: Chippy

Chippy — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 11:22:51 +0000

Corrected. Of course, not a mistake made on purpose! Don’t laugh at us

By: Tam's

Tam's — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 09:37:14 +0000

although i dont mind paying more for a quality product that i really like (which is why i support lowend – highend netbooks) if Sony actually releases this for $999 it is going to be an absolute failure. a device like this has to be cheap or it will fail just like all super small notebooks, UMPC’s, OQO’s, etc before it.

one has to wonder what Sony was thinking when creating this, it’s like they dont even have a clue whats going on in the world right now. out-of-touch companies remind me alot of out-of-touch people in general (politicians, celebrities).

from what i can see there is absolutely nothing revolutionary about it either besides being small, which is completely contrary to the marketing campaign. delete the touchpad/palmrest & add a trackpoint? big deal! Raon had them beat at least by using an optical pointer.