Sony confirms its pocket-sized VAIO P Series notebook

By on Jan 8, 2009 at 11:32 AM
General January 8, 2009

Sony P series notebook

All the rumors about Sony’s supposed pocketable notebook were spot on. The only surprise Sony had in store for us was an unusual case design that completely removes the trackpad in favor of a pointing stick and includes a 6-row 82 key QWERTY keyboard instead of the smaller 5-row keyboard found on most 8.9″ netbooks. Well, that and the notebook label as opposed to netbook. Here is a detailed rundown of the specs for Sony’s latest notebook offering :

  • Intel (presumably Atom?) processor 1.33GHz  with 512kb  L2 cache and 533MHz FSB
  • 8.0″ XBRITE-ECO, LED Back Light LCD with 1600 x 768 resolution
  • 2GB (2GBx1) 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM (max)
  • Mobile Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 500. Total Available Graphics Memory of 760MB. Max. External Resolution via VGA of 1600×1200
  • Intel High Definition Audio
  • Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR with A2DP
  • Atheros 802.11 b/g/n Wireless LAN
  • Integrated 3G Mobile Broadband
  • up to 60GB HDD or 128GB SSD
  • QWERTY keyboard, 82 keys with 1.2mm stroke and 16.5mm pitch and a pointing stick
  • WLAN & Bluetooth on/off, Instant On, and Xross Media Bar action buttons
  • Built-in MOTION EYE camera and microphone
  • Memory Stick Duo media slot with MagicGate functionality (1), SD slot (1)
  • Headphone Jack (1) and USB 2.0 Ports (2)
  • Standard Capacity Lithium-ion Battery
  • 9.65″(W) x 0.78″(H) x 4.72″(D) and approximately 1.4lbs
  • Genuine Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit
  • Available in Onyx Black, Garnet Red, Emerald Green, and Crystal White

The VAIO P Series is available for pre-order starting today and will make its debut in Sony Style stores later this month. Major retailers will have to wait until the beginning in February for their inventory to arrive. If you can’t wait to get your hands on it and want to see it now, the Sony Style stores in Las Vegas and New York City will have live display units. Start saving your pennies as the P-Series notebooks start at $899 and climb up to $1499 for the premium 128GB SSD equipped model.

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  • Mark

    This would be sweet with OSX installed, but 1600 pixels on an 8 inch screen? Does it come with a jeweler’s loupe?

  • Ben

    No thanks

  • Bill Grove

    Oh yeah… I LOVE that resolution. Can’t wait to check one out. Definitely on the high side for price, though, since it is competing directly with the netbooks at $400.

    Bill

  • Jeremiah

    Wouldn’t Vista on 1.33GHz be uber-slow??

  • StevenGlansburg

    It’s like Sony is trying to lose money… no one is going to pay that much for that.. no one

  • Jon

    @Jeremiah

    All Sony computers are super slow. They just want to be consistent with this one.

  • wolwol

    i wonder what is their ‘standard’ capacity battery is….2000mAh?

  • Verizon Guy

    Dees Intel’s GMA500 support hardware-accelerated MPEG2, H.264, etc.? I’m curious to know if this can do 720p video. Otherwise, I would’ve preferred an Ion chipset.

    My laptop has a Core 2 Duo and 965 Express chipset (GMA X3100?), but it struggles to play fullscreen 480p from Hulu!

  • Andrew

    I wonder why they didn’t throw an HDMI port or displayport on there. The specs look really nice, except for the crappy VGA port.

    @ Jermiah
    Under casual usage (no gaming, photoshop, video-editing, etc.) 1.33ghz should be fine for Vista. The 2gigs of RAM should be adequate as well, as long as you keep your system clean. Knowing Sony, it’ll probably come with a lot of bloatware. The biggest bottleneck (assuming you go with the cheaper 60gb harddrive), would be a 1.8′ hard drive. These are the same harddrives you find in Zune 120 and Ipod Classics. As you can imagine, they are quite slow.

  • skelzer

    also includes built-in GPS.

    from website:

    Looking for a place to eat? Type the word “restaurant” and let the P be your guide. Using built-in GPS technology, your current location is found and real-time, on-screen directions lead the way. No internet connection required.

  • andy

    This is definitely feature packed, but that price really kills it. I could see myself paying $600 max for a notebook, $1400 isnt going to happen.
    At least this uber expensive sony product has features not found on most devices.

  • http://www.misschicgeek.com MissChicGeek

    super sexy! but $900-$1500?! don’t quite think this is competitive in the netbook market. Considering most average around $500. Lets just call it a super small & chic notebook.

  • http://brandoncard.com Brandon

    Sony is skrewd. Sony is in the middle of axing crap and this fits the bill.

  • BLK MRKT

    I saw these somewhere on internet. So Sony VAIO P Series notebook’s OS actually remind me of PSP’s OS

  • http://maadcomputer.com/macworld-keynote-in-2009-werent-presented-by-steve-jobs.htm MaCo

    I like it much more than the older release

  • daniel

    I have ordered one already. It’s a little pricey but the size/packaging is really worth it (like most Sony/Apple products – you do pay for the design). I like the convenience of having it all (albeit slow) in a small package.

    If it works well – I plan to replace my kids notebooks as well and my wife also.

    Not sure ifit’s a 1.8″ or 2.5″. Hope it’s the latter as I would like to increase the capacity.

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