Sony VAIO Japanese teaser suggests something long, thin, and "coming soon"

Sony is continuing its drip drip of teasers on a new entry to its VAIO line with a Japanese placeholder sure to pique just the slightest bit of curiosity. When you venture over to the company's co.jp landing page, you're greeting with a quick Flash animation of a woman pulling a long, thin rectangle out of her clutch... which ends up being an envelope reading "VAIO New Mobile, Coming Soon." Your guess is as good as ours -- as long as you're guessing it's this thing.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

[Marcello @ Dec 24th 2008 9:00AM]

First!!! Merry Christmas!!!

[Brazen521 @ Dec 24th 2008 9:07AM]

You suck

[dale1v @ Dec 24th 2008 9:06AM]

Ouch too slow.

[dale1v @ Dec 24th 2008 9:07AM]

In other words...

Y O U S U C K

[PhiI @ Dec 24th 2008 9:34AM]

Christmas is RUINED now

[Mike10010100 @ Dec 24th 2008 10:11AM]

Wow. The sheer stupidity of these comments is mind blowing.

Back on topic, I saw an Asus at Bestbuy that looked almost identical from the bottom. Asus was able to have a full size keyboard and number pad without being too gigantic.

I think it's an interesting idea.

[skyzbig @ Dec 24th 2008 9:02AM]

Umm. Not sure about this.

Sony need to hurry up and make a PSP Phone rather than some bizarre looking net/notebook.

I do like that bouncing question mark in the flash trailer though! Highly amusing.

[Peter @ Dec 24th 2008 10:59AM]

I bet it's dual screen

[jK @ Dec 24th 2008 12:13PM]

I say by 99% chance it is an UMPC that kinda looks like PSP with 1/2 of QWERTY keys on each side of the screen and 1% chance it is a fully touch based tablet PC with a fold-in-half/dual screen! The battery slot in the FCC shot seems to be too deep for it to be dual screen or even have a slide out keyboard. It might just have an OLED screen though?

[samnesral @ Dec 24th 2008 9:10AM]

That's what she said!

[scott @ Dec 24th 2008 9:19AM]

ah! beat me to it!

[L @ Dec 24th 2008 9:20AM]

Yeah...hate to break it to you, but that meme is REALLY getting old.

[Backlin @ Dec 24th 2008 9:29AM]

The title of the article made me want to say that so bad.

[samnesral @ Dec 24th 2008 3:46PM]

To L, I know, and I considered your feelings fully before writing it, but this article title could not have been any more rife for satire.
Sincerest apologies,
Samnesral

[Matthew C @ Dec 24th 2008 3:51PM]

I couldn't get past the title. I seriously thought that would be the first comment.

[Ian @ Dec 24th 2008 5:04PM]

I'm coming soon?

[snowglyder @ Dec 24th 2008 5:25PM]

"...long, thin, and coming soon."

"Sony is continuing its drip drip..."

Is Sony releasing a reader with erotic e-books?

[Agent .25i @ Dec 24th 2008 9:14AM]

Who the hell would want a laptop/notebook that smelt of FISH???

[dale1v @ Dec 24th 2008 9:18AM]

pr0n viewers like iEye

[Boarderwoot @ Dec 24th 2008 9:19AM]

I'd like to see some woman put that in her clutch and then bitch and moan that there's no room for anything else.

[NM @ Dec 24th 2008 9:21AM]

You know that share prices aren't relative to each other, don't you?

[Gregg @ Dec 24th 2008 9:22AM]

Interesting that the teaser shows it in an envelope. A letter sized envelope is 4" X 9 1/2", awfully close to Engadget's estimate.

[Marc B @ Dec 24th 2008 11:05AM]

There is no way that is a standard envelope.... unless that his the hawtest midget I have ever seen.

[chewbie @ Dec 28th 2008 1:28PM]

Not the device-in-an-envelope idea again! Anything but that please

[Cybergypsy @ Dec 24th 2008 9:22AM]

I always love sony designs.

[Scarhead @ Dec 24th 2008 9:25AM]

Long and thing will go way in, but short and thick will do the trick.

[Flashpoint @ Dec 24th 2008 9:50AM]

Long, thin and "coming" soon????

I know that was the title of a porno movie.

[mrpoo @ Dec 24th 2008 9:36AM]

I saw the movie "Long, thick and coming soon," maybe this is the sequel? I didn't think Sony was into this genre, though.

[AMiSH PiRATE @ Dec 24th 2008 9:37AM]

long & thin?! They're releasing an updated version of the Elder Wand! Now with 82% more killing!

[CosterMonger @ Dec 24th 2008 9:39AM]

looks like an envelope to me

[thatrotierkid @ Dec 24th 2008 9:41AM]

lol @ the title. freudian slip josh?

[waterwagen @ Dec 24th 2008 9:52AM]

Well I'd say that we have definite confirmation that the FCC pic is of what is coming, haha.

Gonna be an interesting form factor.

[Who Knows @ Dec 24th 2008 10:26AM]

O rly?!

[Chird @ Dec 24th 2008 10:53AM]

YaRly!! is it a MID????? perhaps?

[waterwagen @ Dec 24th 2008 11:06AM]

NO WAI !!!

[Flashpoint @ Dec 24th 2008 9:52AM]

For Christmas...I'd like a Highly Ranked for saying something absolutely ridiculous lioke "does it run Crysis"

[Flashpoint @ Dec 24th 2008 2:53PM]

I love you engadget - i got my present !

[Almadi @ Dec 24th 2008 10:02AM]

Thats one hell of an AC adapter. Wonder how big the laptop is.

[dcoaster @ Dec 24th 2008 10:03AM]

Merry Christmas!

[T-Bone @ Dec 24th 2008 10:04AM]

It looks like a keyboard to me.

[decapitor @ Dec 24th 2008 10:12AM]

The extra width is for a mirror to see how awesome you look while using your sony.

[Patriks7 @ Dec 24th 2008 11:15AM]

Apple solved this by making the bezel so "glassy" (if that's even a word) :p

[Marcello @ Dec 24th 2008 10:15AM]

My comment is so low ranked i can't even find it on the page... mmhm. Christmas is really RUINED now.
P.S. thanks a lot for voting my comment

[Sachin @ Dec 24th 2008 10:27AM]

long, thin, and coming soon? well, i guess if you have a laptop fetish...

[ObsoletePower @ Dec 24th 2008 10:28AM]

Wow....for anyone that has ever purchased a VAIO before you know very well how much you got ripped off...I certainly did! I am never buying another VAIO again. They are severely overpriced and really offer no benefits over other laptop in their class which go for much cheaper. The new designs of VAIO are just hideous and I urge you people to consider other brands. Save your money for something worth it.

[william @ Dec 24th 2008 10:31AM]

sony makes some nice laptops but what really makes them fail sometimes is the amount of software they add to the laptop and the lack of support they offer. as far as looks they make some nice looking laptops. if sony plays its card right in the NETBOOK market they can make some serious money. SONY DONT BE GREEDY keep it in the 400-500 range.

[Mr. Ford @ Dec 24th 2008 4:59PM]

@Obsolete Power

You should follow Williams lead. He properly demonstrates how to critique a product based on its weaknesses and not come off like a cry baby. In turn, he gets the +1 and you the -1.

[McKennen Robbins @ Dec 24th 2008 10:41AM]

that's what she said lol

[Darren @ Dec 24th 2008 10:53AM]

Just what the world has been waiting for: a laptop with a 200x800 display.

[dcoaster @ Dec 24th 2008 11:49AM]

Everyone knows that resolutions are measured by length x width..... 800 x 200....