You know how the Sony Vaio W is expected to sell for around $ 776 in Australia, while it has a list price of only $ 499 in the U.S.? Yes, Australia is apparently not the only region to the short end of the stick. Yugatech reported that the Netbook will sell for Php39, 990 in the Philippines. That is about $ 835 U.S..

Even in the U.S., the Sony Vaio W seems a little overpriced. Sure, it has a decent keyboard and a high resolution 1366 x 768 pixel display. But the $ 499 price for the Netbook is equipped with a 3-cell battery is 2.5 hours. Here you will find many Netbook with 5 hours or more batteries for under $ 400. But I must say that $ 499 still seems a lot better than the prices of Sony is loaded in other areas.

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A lot of people have pointed out that the Sony Vaio Mini W start price of $ 499 in the U.S. is about 100 U.S. dollars more expensive than comparable notebooks from other companies. But that’s nothing compared to the premium Sony is charging Australian customers. In this country, the mini Vaio W will sell for $ 999 AUD or about $ 776 U.S..

On the one side, most computers do not cost more in Australia than the U.S.. But the age indicates that most Netbook sell for about $ 600 Australian, or about $476  U.S.

Sony apparently has a few explanations: Exchange rates, Australian marketing and so on. But the only explanation I can come really, is that Sony does not really want to sell this many units Netbook in Australia.

Sony has finally decided to confirm the popularity of Netbook through the introduction of a …, without admitting that they are introducing. The Sony Vaio W is looking for a fairly standard Netbook with a 10.1 inch display, 1.66GHz Intel Atom N280 CPU, 1GB RAM, 160GB hard drive and Windows XP. But Sony is calling for a “Web-book” and not a Netbook.

Whatever. It is larger than the Sony Vaio P, has a larger keyboard, a clear resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels, and costs considerably less, with a starting price of $ 499, if the United States in August. You can get it what you want.

Apart from the higher than average (though not unknown) Display resolution, there are not too many things to fix the Sony Vaio W apart from Netbook from Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, MSI, Samsung, or. Sony has indicated that the laptop is relatively environmentally friendly and energy-Start 5.0-compliant and EPEAT Gold registered. On the down side, the 3 cell battery is only 3.5 hours, with an optional 6 cell version should be available as well.

It also comes with multimedia and Vaio Media software, you can stream media wirelessly over a home network to DLNA enabled devices such as a PC or console Playstation3.

Sony has announced a new VAIO notebook series NW-line with a 15.5-inch form factor. With the NW VAIO notebooks, Sony wants Blu-ray playback capability with an aggressive price.

NW VAIO notebooks are powered by Intel Core 2 Duo processor, optional ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570-graphics and Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit. They are also equipped with “chicklet” keyboard, touchpad textured, built-in Webcam, microphone, multi-card reader, HDMI output and ExpressCard slot. The latest VAIO has a wavy textured surface and is available in three colors: black walnut, white birch, silver and rattan.

Sony also offers a isplay Offa Button, you can use its screen, while the notebook is running in the background. In this way, power users, while enabling them to quickly return the PC functionality without having to boot back. An Instant Internet button launches directly into the web without having to wait for Windows to load. Pre-applications are installed: VAIO Movie Story software – an easy way to make your own high-quality videos, VAIO MusicBox software – a fun and automated way to download music on one s mood, and then click Disc Editor software – for a simple video-editing and creation.

Expected in the U.S. from July.

Sony on Tuesday showed rare conservatism by its VAIO P Netbook an option for Windows XP. The P50 variant, the mini-notebook skip Vista for faster, less demanding older OS, and some trade functions. He loses only to Sony in Windows Media software, but still have access to instant-on OS for media playback and other bases outside of the Microsoft platform. Even when it comes to the storage of at least 60 GB to 80 GB.

Data remains mostly the same on these changes with a 1.33GHz Atom, GPS and access to the NTT DoCoMo FOMA 3G network for data RAM to 1GB seems to be halved to artificial limits on Microsoft XP Netbook. Prices remain virtually in step with the American model for a consideration of $ 895th It is not clear whether Sony will ship the P50 to North America, where it costs less, if so.

Sony also has a few options, the newer technologies. The company gives buyers the choice of a 2GHz atom (from 1.86Ghz) or a 256 GB solid-state drive (from 128 GB). It also has a new champagne gold color option for the outside and leaves the buyer of black models on a color-matching dark brown color on the palm rest and the keyboard. The prices for these are not known.

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Sony Japan have just unleashed a new set of crocodile skin VAIO C-series laptops. Available in pink, red and brown, not colorful crocodiles were damage in the texturing of these notebooks instead, Sony form of plastic to resemble their scaly hides.Within this structured plastic, there is a choice of Intel Core 2 Duo processors, NVIDIA GeForce 9200 GS GPU, and up to 8 GB of RAM. Memory is up to 500 GB and the OS is Windows Vista.

Initially only available in Japan, Sony VGN-CS92DS, VGN-VGN-CS92JS and CS92XS is on 18 April. No word on whether they consider it to Europe or the USA.

The kit contains a micro fiber cloth, a cloth such as chamois, a soft brush, a brush Detailer dusting, cleaning, and a computer manual. In case you are not sure whether the kit is actually for makeup application, Sony offers an educational brochure on how to use it to clean your PC.The case opens as an organizer (or a cosmetics case) and has individual pockets and “spaces” for everything to fit into it.

It seems absurd that Sony does something like this (and that I bought it), but it is a good value for the price, the cleaning of tools are of high quality and everything fits well into the enclosure for easy storage and transport. It is also not bad and hey, for a Sony fan, you can not complain about either the Vaio labels.

The much talked about Sony Vaio P (remember they are not Netbooks) looks like it is now the Gobi chipset for 3G connectivity on the go. Verizon is selling the small device and with a $ 200 bonus in the form of a debit card. The “discount” is e-mail, so do not plan to walk from the transaction with the debit card in his hand. Of course you must be willing to sign up for a 2-year contract with Verizon to use.

It looks like you to activate the service by 31st March and they have 30 days active, before the discount. I still find it amazing that companies and institutions like to play the exclusive game, but I think there are enough people who have them on this to make it profitable for them to do.

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With an Intel Core 2 Duo processor and an impressive 15.4″ widescreen display, enjoy exceptional picture and sound quality, as the benefits of Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. A 5400rpm Serial ATA hard drive and DDR2 memory enabling advanced high-speed computing power, which in sizzling performance for work and entertainment activities. Stay to your friends and staff with the integrated camera and microphone.