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Q Totally Phones in Bond's New Quantum of Solace VAIO
Overheard in MI6 4th-floor martini lounge: "Man, it used to be fun heading down to Q's lab. Shit blowing up all the time, everyone just grinning and shaking their head knowingly (oh, James) when I accidentally incinerated prototype after expensive and high-time-investment prototype. Now? Dude's just going to down to the high street shops and slapping some logos on. Look at this laptop—it's garden variety Z-series: 13.3 inches, Core 2 Duo, 128GB SSD, 4GB RAM, 3G connection, Blu-ray. And he's billing M £3,000 ($5,300) for it. Same for my phone. I mean, they're nice and all, but WTF?" [Gadget Review, T3]
9:40 AM on Thu Oct 2 2008
By John Mahoney
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Latest by ypctx: Last time I checked (with Sony's configurator), you can not have a Bluray and SSD in the Z at the more »
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Pretty much everything you read in yesterday's rumor posts about the Sony Vaio TT is true — the Blu-ray drive, 256 GB SSD, 2.87-pound weight and thickness under an inch. It also has an 11.1-inch, LED-backlit 16:9 LCD panel, Sprint EV-DO mobile broadband, and an HDMI port that outputs at 1080p resolution.
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Sony Vaio TT Is Real, Definitely Has Blu-ray and Huge SSD
Pretty much everything you read in yesterday's rumor posts about the Sony Vaio TT is true — the Blu-ray drive, 256 GB SSD, 2.87-pound weight and thickness under an inch. It also has an 11.1-inch, LED-backlit 16:9 LCD panel, Sprint EV-DO mobile broadband, and an HDMI port that outputs at 1080p resolution.
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8:00 AM on Tue Sep 23 2008
By Adrian Covert
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Latest by banmojo: Sony laptops always carry a premium for the name. And they are the king at integrating video cards in more »
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According to leaks collected by Sony Insider, that Sony Vaio TT I mentioned yesterday is turning out to be one of the sweetest laptops we've ever not seen. A new spec sheet shows that the 2.87-lb. laptop will come in Champagne Gold, Crimson Red and Silk Black with respectable features, and then there will be a Premium Carbon Fiber Black, with a 250GB solid-state two-drive array and a 2X speed Blu-ray burner—with no change in overall weight. Sounds too good to be true, but here are the full leaked specs for your perusal:
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Sub-3-Lb. Sony Vaio TT Rumored To Have Blu-ray Burner, 250GB SSD
According to leaks collected by Sony Insider, that Sony Vaio TT I mentioned yesterday is turning out to be one of the sweetest laptops we've ever not seen. A new spec sheet shows that the 2.87-lb. laptop will come in Champagne Gold, Crimson Red and Silk Black with respectable features, and then there will be a Premium Carbon Fiber Black, with a 250GB solid-state two-drive array and a 2X speed Blu-ray burner—with no change in overall weight. Sounds too good to be true, but here are the full leaked specs for your perusal:
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Sony Insider is reporting a well-founded rumor that the Vaio team will announce a new notebook tomorrow, a replacement to the super-sweet TZ, now to be called TT. I don't know if that's an Audi reference or a boobie reference, but what I do know is that it will likely have wireless-N, Bluetooth and an EVDO option—no mention of HSDPA—and will be a full-powered Vista notebook with the same 11.1-inch screen as the lightweight TZ. Catchy name or not, this combination of features should make it a pretty hot item, so let's all keep an eye out for the real news. [Sony Insider]
Sexy Sony Vaio TZ Is About To Be TT?
Sony Insider is reporting a well-founded rumor that the Vaio team will announce a new notebook tomorrow, a replacement to the super-sweet TZ, now to be called TT. I don't know if that's an Audi reference or a boobie reference, but what I do know is that it will likely have wireless-N, Bluetooth and an EVDO option—no mention of HSDPA—and will be a full-powered Vista notebook with the same 11.1-inch screen as the lightweight TZ. Catchy name or not, this combination of features should make it a pretty hot item, so let's all keep an eye out for the real news. [Sony Insider]
5:30 PM on Sun Sep 21 2008
By Wilson Rothman
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Latest by mikecoscia: What is with all the Vista hate, do you guys even use it? I have had it since day more »
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Sony Considering Fashionably Late Entry Into Netbook Market
Considering just about every other laptop maker has entered the ULPC arena, it comes as no surprise that Sony's thinking about dipping its toes into netbooks as well. Sony exec Mike Abary told Laptop Magazine to “stay tuned” about the company's netbook plans, and added that “we are letting the pioneers of the market make the mistakes... We have to participate.” What? You have to participate in creating a consumer product that's been key to keeping the PC industry from sinking with the rest of the economy? Crazy talk! [Laptop Mag]
2:30 AM on Tue Sep 16 2008
By Elaine Chow
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Latest by Killjoy: @internetzlol: If you have to ask... more »
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Sony's New Vaio NS and CS Laptops Are (Almost) HD Ready
The NS series of laptops is the latest in Sony's Vaio update frenzy, and they're machines aimed at delivering HD video. Hence the NS is available with a Blu-ray ROM drive and has a widescreen 15.4-inch Xbrite-Eco LCD for showing video off. Trouble is, the screen resolution is 1200x800, just enough to deliver 720p, but not enough for 1080p. Ditto for the cool new CS, which already made it to Japan. They both also have minimum battery lives of 1.5 hours—likely what you'll get when you're trying to watch that 2-hour Blu-ray movie. More overall feature info below: More »
8:00 AM on Fri Sep 12 2008
By Kit Eaton
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Latest by ichi1: woah my screens 1440 by 960 :-) go Powerbook kick some ass more »
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Sony Vaio AW Laptop With Adobe RGB Screen Is a Photographer's Dream
Sony's AW Laptop isn't really meant for the average technology set, but its ocean of storage space, high quality screen and HDMI out seem to indicate it's more for a designer who needs color accuracy, or a photographer who has to run through a lot of shots. And with a palm rest that matches the grip on the Sony Alpha DSLR, the two go hand in hand. More »
10:25 AM on Wed Sep 10 2008
By Adrian Covert
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Latest by Assassin_Kensei: this is cool but for that price I can buy a MacBook Pro, But I'm a Huge Sony fan so more »
Battery Lies
Sony Switching Battery Life Scoring Method, No Longer Advertising Wildly Misleading Numbers
Sick and tired of never getting even close to the 10 to 12 hours of battery life advertised by PC companies on your laptop? Sony hears you, and is taking pains to improve at least one thing about their power packs. No, not the overheating factor, though they say they've got that somewhat under control now, honest! The company recently told PC Authority that they would be switching to a more realistic measurement for advertising their notebook battery figures. Yay? More »
vaio recall
Overheat Risk Makes Sony Recall Vaio TZ Laptops
Sony's issuing a recall for Vaio TZ laptops sold between May 2007 and July 2008: apparently there's a risk of overheating leading to "abnormal heat deformation of the enclosure"—which sounds like a lot more than the usual knee-burn heat of a laptop. It's not due to the battery, mind you, rather it seems like a manufacturing flaw related to the power connector and LCD frame. The news relates so far to just Japanese machines, with Sony offering free inspection and repair, but keep your eyes peeled for news of the problem in other countries. [PCWatch]
5:08 AM on Thu Sep 4 2008
By Kit Eaton
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8 comments
Latest by Copperplum: Im glad i already documented this on sept 2nd on my facebook page .... bad bad burns. more »
