Sony's UX50 on the gray-market, ready to order

by Thomas Ricker, posted Jun 5th 2006 at 7:00AM

We know, we know, it didn't exactly pull the best reviews, still there's something undeniably sexy about Sony's UX Micro PC. If you can live with the lackluster battery life and a keyboard void of tactile feedback, well, wait no more friend for that wee XP fix. Dynamism now has the Japanese version of the 1.06GHz Core Solo UX50 available for import for $1899 -- a full six weeks or so ahead of the mid-July US launch. Sure you could wait it out and nab the domestic version with 1.2GHz Core Solo, US keyboard, and EDGE while saving a Benjamin or more in the process. But go ahead, scratch that itch, we understand the need to bleed on the edge.

[Thanks, Scott J]

Filed under: Handhelds, Laptops, Tablet PCs

Tags: EDGE, micro pc, MicroPc, Sony UX, SonyUx, UMPC, UX50

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Steven @ Jun 7th 2006 1:07PM

Don't know whether Dynamism got all the features working (zoom buttons, fingerprint reader, ...) but if you get one on GeekStuff4U.com , it should be fully functional (that's what they show on the video anyway)... for approx 150$ less than on Dynamism!

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Lorin Thwaits @ Jun 11th 2006 11:47AM

I picked one up a week and a half ago in Japan, and have had a pretty smooth time getting everything working. English Drivers available from Sony themselves. Ran into one snag with the audio driver, but the fix is detailed in this blog post:

http://geekswithblogs.net/lorint/archive/2006/06/10/81423.aspx

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