Sony wowed us this morning with its Vaio X Series, but details are now emerging. According to this video, the .55-inch thin system may be more netbook than notebook. It has an 11.2-inch screen and possibly an Atom CPU.
The Vaio we’ve known Sony’s had in them: The X-Series is built with carbon fibre, so it’s just 0.55 inches thick and weighs 0.68kg (half a MacBook Air). And Sony’s promising crazy battery life. [Engadget]
Hey, a Sony Vaio software add-on that doesn’t suck: Sony’s pre-installing Google Chrome onto some of its laptops. Not a bad strategy for Google to boost Chrome’s paltry but growing 2.6 per cent marketshare—I suspect we’ll see them ink some more deals—though I wonder how many people are gonna think it’s crapware. [WSJ]
A “small percentage” of Nvidia-based Vaios “may exhibit distorted video, duplicate images, or a blank screen due to failure of the Nvidia graphics chip.” If you’re affected, Sony will cover repair costs, and extend the graphics warranty to three years.
Sony has some touchscren Vaios planned for this fall to coincide with the release of Windows 7, which features more robust touchscreen support than Vista. It’s also working on bringing content from the PlayStation Network to VAIOs at some point.
Sony has just trotted out the Vaio NW, their new line of Blu-ray equipped, mid-market notebooks, and at 3cm, they are quite slim too.
