http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/ Engadget Comments for Sony VAIO P Series gets an accelerometer, touchpad (Updated: starts at $799) http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/May 10th 2010 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/
Orange...being my favourite colour, I'd buy the orange one just because it is so ... *ehem* cute...but the black one is the best one if you are a university student...as a man, the last thing I want is being caught with a brightly coloured small laptop...]]>May 10th 2010 1:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/
ha ha...yeah I agree...]]>May 10th 2010 2:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/ i mean wtf, probably because it needs the processor speed update, i mean that i dont really think id ever actually look into seriously buyingone unless it was uber fast and cute like it is. although i know a lot of people are not too keen on the black keyboard, and prefer the metal/silver looking ones because they look more classy or something.... but i like the black keyboard. i like they bold i mean they should have them availible in black and silver colored, because well, they have all those colours, i mean the pink keyboard is uber cute and i wish that sony does something about the base keyboards, beccause they seem to have a win with the ""chiclet" style keyboard but maybe add some bit of multicolors excluding colors such as ugly orange, buger green and piss yellow.]]>May 10th 2010 2:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/Lol, the P is cool but its pretty clear the Vaio Z would be the king, and the Vaio X would be next in line as far as thin and lights go.]]>May 10th 2010 2:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/
yeah a "cute king"....may not be possible....]]>May 10th 2010 3:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/
about the bezel.....]]>May 10th 2010 3:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/
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If they bring the price down to $599 or even $699 from the thousand dollar they charge now, I'd buy one, with the highest options...I hope they opted for a SSD this time, the 64GB harddrive got very hot in the older model (running Vista)...

Now, if they added a touchscreen to that...hm...]]>May 10th 2010 2:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://j.mp/z-sony-series-review ]]>May 10th 2010 4:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/May 10th 2010 1:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/May 10th 2010 1:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/May 10th 2010 2:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/
I love sony, but I have to agree with you (Although you put it in a harsher way than I would have).
I wonder why not use a touch screen rather than that optical touchpad?
IMHO that would have done it for a lot of geeks like me here, better than any ipad-like tablet could... oh well, not that I'd spend that much money for it anyway.]]>May 10th 2010 5:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/May 10th 2010 1:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/May 10th 2010 1:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/May 10th 2010 1:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/May 10th 2010 4:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/May 10th 2010 1:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/May 10th 2010 1:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/
P.S. no one uses miniSD now. NO ONE.]]>May 10th 2010 1:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/May 10th 2010 2:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/May 10th 2010 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/May 10th 2010 1:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/May 10th 2010 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/May 10th 2010 1:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/
And both also aren't really any better than their competition. What they do well is design. So ppl pay premium for, usually, lackluster gear that looks fantastic and is branded.]]>May 10th 2010 1:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/
I would take an ipad over this. Bigger, better screen, better battery life, same weight and an ecosystem of mobile apps. Then when you consider that it is half the price, it is a no brainer. ]]>May 10th 2010 2:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/May 10th 2010 3:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/
iPad screen: 9.7" 1024x768
Vaio P screen: 8" 1600x 768

Battery life. No idea, but iPad is probably better.

Weight:

iPad: 730 grams
Vaio P: 594 grams w. battery.

Applications:

iPad: cutesy little "Apps" in the appstore.
Vaio P: Ever heard of this thing called Windows? It runs, umm... Proper APPLICATIONS and stuff, you know?

...and here's the kicker:

iPad: Needs another computer to be useful.
Vaio P: Self sufficient.

Still think your iPod Jumbo is better?]]>May 10th 2010 3:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/Couldn't agree more with you buddy, I'll take the Vaio P in a heartbeat over the Giant iPod.]]>May 10th 2010 3:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/
I used to WANT the vaio P every time i saw one at a store, but it is an essentially useless device, too small to really do anything with and too expensive to keep around as a toy. The iPad works as a really good ebook reader and web browser as well as being a really fun toy. It is overpriced, but cheap enough to work as an impulse buy. ]]>May 10th 2010 4:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/
I think your obsession with the word 'functionality' is why you and the other Windows apologists are consistently wrong about pretty much ever tech/business prediction you have and will ever make. More importantly, you're constantly annoyed/upset when Apple succeeds, and it seems to confound all Geek Logic.

Just sayin'. Hold off on the whole "life savings investment in SNE stock", pal.]]>May 10th 2010 5:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/
So yes, I still think the jumbo iPod is better.]]>May 12th 2010 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/
... I'd save it for the Samsung Galaxy S Pro (with a qwerty). Super AMOLED 4.1" + Android Froyo + Front Cam + 4x faster than Snapdragon processor + qwerty = WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN.]]>May 10th 2010 1:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/
You mean some mythical device that won't be available for another two years...especially with that processor requirement...?]]>May 10th 2010 1:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/WOW. Epic fail, man. This processor is not mythical, it's the current processor inside the Samsung Galaxy S:

Samsung's Galaxy S has four times the polygon power of Snapdragon
http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/26/samsungs-galaxy-s-has-four-times-the-polygon-power-of-snapdrago/]]>May 10th 2010 1:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/
I read four times faster...still, it will probably cost just as much as the new Vaio P when it comes out...I'm sure Sony won't charge a thousand dollar for it anymore...but hey, that's what contracts are for when it comes to phones right? ]]>May 10th 2010 2:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/Well, probably not. It will probably be priced exactly as high as the current high-end phones (Nexus One, iPhone 3GS, HD2...etc)

However, it will be:
1) More portable
2) Offer phone functions
3) Offer a mobile-friendly interface, with a finger-friendly UI.
4) Fit in your pocket.
5) Offer the full web experience as well.
6) Have a front cam.
7) Be sunlight viewable (SUPER Amoled).

Any extra costs will make it well worth it. Besides, if you want an always-on internet connection on your Vaio P, you'll need a Data plan, right?]]>May 10th 2010 2:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/
Comparing the functions between a mobile and a ultra portable does not seem like a good idea... you know, the Sony P is running WIN7.

But if you like that mobile so much, hope you're not considering it for media (especially pictures and videos):
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i9000_galaxy_s-review-467.php
Or a good support from Samsung that from that point of view seems to be very bad. (Considering they also have their own system now, Android might be left behind a bit...)

That's for the Galaxy S, but don't compare it to a PC, they are different things. ]]>May 10th 2010 6:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/Not for pictures and videos?? Are you... joking?

Video player eats DivX/XviD and 720p videos for breakfast
The Samsung I9000 Galaxy S is among the best performers in the Android family as far as video playback is concerned. In addition to packing a dedicated video player app (though playing videos through the gallery is still possible) it also has DivX and XviD video support, which is very rare in the Google OS family.
Performance with higher-res videos is great – it played 720p videos like a champ. Small wonder, considering it can record 720p videos. There’s no TV-Out but thanks to the DLNA support you can still stream videos and photos to your DLNA-enabled TV or media player (any PC with Wi-Fi and DLNA-capable software would do too).

It's not a PC, it's the perfect smartphone. The Vaio P is a crippled PC. Good luck running Photoshop there.]]>May 10th 2010 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/May 10th 2010 1:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/In the vertical mode, is the presence of the keyboard not odd?]]>May 10th 2010 1:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/May 10th 2010 4:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/
I was really hoping for more significant spec bumps and less stupid tinkering around the edges. Instead of sticking a janky trackpad (seriously, who the hell is going to use that) in all the space bezel space, just make the frickin' screen bigger! Frustrating.]]>May 10th 2010 6:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/this would be so full of win if sony sneak in a fast bootup of linux under 10 secs for light usage. while also have win7 in case the user needs it.]]>May 10th 2010 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/
Come on Sony, where is the webcam we find so useful?]]>May 10th 2010 1:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/sony-vaio-p-series-gets-an-accelerometer-touchpad-and-a-100-p/May 10th 2010 2:08AM