Chicklet keyboard, check. Tiny pointing nub, check. Looks like this is Sony's
Vaio P series ultraportable on display at CES. By on display we mean,
on display as these shots were taken off the display monitors in Sony's booth.
Engadget was first in the world to
reveal the P from the FCC specs so it seems only fitting that we bring you the first authenticated pictures dontchathink? The Sony Picturebook... it lives again at CES!
P.S. Sorry for the blur, best we could do before the security hammer came down across our knuckles.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
FILA @ Jan 6th 2009 4:36PM
Yep, there it is...In other news
Flashpoint @ Jan 6th 2009 4:48PM
Not to be outdone... we've got a new laptop too and it has a user-replacable battery and will retail for far less than $2700
conor @ Jan 6th 2009 5:43PM
The key board looks nice...
OneLove @ Jan 6th 2009 6:12PM
sOny fail!. what ever happen to:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sony-exec-sees-eee-like-pcs-as-having-potentially-negative-impac/
Lundmark @ Jan 6th 2009 4:36PM
I dont get it. Whats the big deal?
DssTrainer @ Jan 6th 2009 4:40PM
The big deal is this is the first netbook with the "Trackpoint" nub / nipple instead of mousepad.
The only other big thing here is the obvious price that nobody is going to want to spend on this. The "vaio" brand name automatically shoots the price up $250 more than it should be.
KIFF @ Jan 6th 2009 4:43PM
Not the first. Sony already had 'netbooks' with trackpoints many years ago.
This is a big deal because the specs is exciting.
dennis @ Jan 6th 2009 5:06PM
I'm not saying you or anyone should care about this notebook. I mostly couldn't care less.
One thing I like about the design from what I can tell so far is that it finally address a few chronic complaints about sub-notebooks and netbooks and blah blah books:
1 - "Why is there so much bezel around the screen? That sucks."
2 - "Why is the keyboard so small? That sucks."
3 - "Why can't I watch the highest possible quality video on my $300 netbook with its crap screen and BS GPU?"
Careful observers will note that complaint 1 and complaint 2 ARE REALLY THE SAME STUPID ISSUE. If the keyboard is close to full size, there's too much room around the screen, leading to the comment, "What's up with the screen? You don't need that much space for crap speakers." While if the bezel around the screen is minimal, the keyboard is tiny. BECAUSE GUESS WHAT: THE TWO PIECES ARE BUILT TO FIT AND STANDARD SCREEN DIMENSIONS AND STANDARD KEYBOARD DIMENSIONS DON'T MATCH.
You all know by now how the geniuses who work at TSA in airports think small computers are DVD players? Sure, this doesn't have an optical drive in it, but its the design equivalent. And for less than $1000, I'm frankly shocked. If people won't pay for multiplicably increased visual feedback in a "netbook," they won't pay for anything. Which, maybe they won't, I couldn't care less.
DssTrainer @ Jan 6th 2009 5:18PM
I dont think they were called "netbooks"..actually this isn't a netbook either now that I realize.. so yea.. this is another non-news junk article
guy @ Jan 6th 2009 6:51PM
world first trapezoidal screen
L @ Jan 6th 2009 4:37PM
Looks tiny and pretty thin. Can't wait for a proper spec list - especially weight and battery life.
TareX @ Jan 6th 2009 6:30PM
It's tiny and thin alright. But the thick bezel and expected overpriced-tag will be a turn off.
Zeth Ethereal @ Jan 6th 2009 4:37PM
skewed picture is skewed!
josh @ Jan 6th 2009 4:40PM
"Now with state a of the arc non-removable battery.....!"
Brian @ Jan 6th 2009 6:04PM
where exactly is the "state" point on an arc?
It's state of the ART, not arc you big philly goose
OneLove @ Jan 6th 2009 4:39PM
pendejo.
sbrown23 @ Jan 6th 2009 4:52PM
Puto.
rock99rock @ Jan 6th 2009 4:56PM
Boys, quit playing around and finish mowing the lawn.
Evangelion @ Jan 6th 2009 5:07PM
@rock99rock lol! I'm mexican and I found this funny.
vqro @ Jan 6th 2009 5:09PM
rock99rock eres un pendejo racista hijo de puta
(rock99rock you are my friend)
vqro @ Jan 6th 2009 5:13PM
Evangelion, you found it funny because you are a pendejo.
Nik @ Jan 6th 2009 6:23PM
Rock99Rock:
Epic Win, best comment I've read in a while.
vqro @ Jan 7th 2009 12:01PM
@Nik "best comment I've heard in a while"
Which puts you in the same racist category as rock99rock.
i_am_rich @ Jan 6th 2009 4:40PM
want
Jeff @ Jan 6th 2009 4:40PM
That's reserved for Apple software updates.
decypher44 @ Jan 6th 2009 4:40PM
Yet Another Wonderful Netbook.
Jon Nelson @ Jan 6th 2009 5:28PM
YAWN?
Nice.
Zach Hardt @ Jan 6th 2009 4:41PM
This for around G huh?
Cameron @ Jan 6th 2009 4:42PM
Unless there's a flexible display on this puppy, something ain't quite right with that picture...
FILA @ Jan 6th 2009 4:43PM
NIPPLES...are, hard to guide,
lol, go ahead guys this is wide open for many cracks. the floor is yours now
Craig @ Jan 6th 2009 5:00PM
cracks...nipples... [head explodes]
Samboini @ Jan 6th 2009 5:00PM
"wide open for many cracks"
I bet you didn't intend that one though...
Cameron @ Jan 6th 2009 5:02PM
Do you honestly expect any of us to believe that you've ever played with one that wasn't hard plastic attached to an electronic device?
Melay @ Jan 6th 2009 4:47PM
Full "Screen" keyboard looks coool, must be fun to tipe on!
Should I spend my 1000$ I'll make during holidays on it?
MMF @ Jan 11th 2009 9:02AM
More pictures please :)
it doesnt look like the speculated pics at all, silver keyboard, the black one looked better :(
hope there is a full black one.....
specs, what are the specs??? when will it be available........
good grief @ Jan 6th 2009 4:46PM
This pic confirms the huge 1.25"+ side bezels I predicted earlier...
Also that display looks more 16:9 than the supposed 16:7.68 screen ratio leaked from Sonystyle.
Melay @ Jan 6th 2009 4:49PM
good ol' charlie brown, thanks!
Tony @ Jan 6th 2009 4:48PM
For this to be a move forward, it would need to have two nipples.
DssTrainer @ Jan 6th 2009 5:19PM
but then you'd have too much fun with it!
good grief @ Jan 6th 2009 5:40PM
One nipple is OK as long as it supports pinching and flicking gestures
Derry Quinn @ Jan 6th 2009 4:48PM
rofl
But I don't really mind all the Apple stuff.
kev @ Jan 6th 2009 4:52PM
non-glossy screen? 6-cell battery? hope so
Lundmark @ Jan 6th 2009 4:52PM
It was labeled "breaking" at first, hence my question just a few posts above. Don't know why they removed it though.
Stinkinmushroom @ Jan 6th 2009 4:55PM
What's with the skewy picture?
Charbax @ Jan 6th 2009 4:56PM
Sealing a battery in a pocket device is understandable. Sealing a battery in a laptop is just stupid. Who cares about a couple millimeters more or less on a laptop. Also you don't save any money and you don't extend battery life by sealing a battery in a laptop, cause the laptop is so big anyways.
SOOPERGOOMAN @ Jan 6th 2009 4:56PM
I have a hard time believing the end statement "first authenticated pictures " because you got the pics off a monitor so that would suggest that SOMEONE ELSE got the FIRST Pictures of it before you, maybe you're the FIRST BLOG to get a glimpse but obviously someone beat you to the punch.
Oh btw it's nice and I would like one for my 37th Birthday next month, you feelin' me Engadget?
C.A.M. @ Jan 6th 2009 5:05PM
You sound like you're 12.
sinjinn @ Jan 6th 2009 5:11PM
the pictures are on display at the sony booth at CES. en
bjay @ Jan 6th 2009 4:59PM
I have to look forward in guiding this expensive nippled netbook from Sony. I guess i ll pass , though i wont mind the standard two nipple i am so used to
also @ Jan 6th 2009 5:00PM
There's a hdmi port there! :D