Sony's new P-series a CES review

Feb 3
08:32

2009

Chuck W

Chuck W

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Are you looking for a laptop that is small enough to fit in your pocket and is still useable enough for casual surfing and business presentations? Sony P-series Lifestyle PC might just be something that you are looking for.

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Copyright (c) 2009 Chuck W

Sony entered in the field of ultra portable laptops with thier new P-series. Promising to set new standards the feature packed laptop should take the mini notebook market by storm.

Sporting an 8 inch widescreen display of 1600x768 pixel resolution,Sony's new P-series a CES review Articles the P-series Lifestyle PC enables its users to view pictures and movies on the move with ease. The small screen size does not limit the highly detailed view of emails and documents because of its higher resolution; in fact 1600x768 pixels is one of the highest resolution offered by an atom powered laptop.

Being virtually the same size as that of a pocket diary, this product measures less than an inch in thickness. Easily termed as one of the smallest laptops available, Sony's P-series Lifestyle PC comes in varied choice of colors for the fashion conscious. Because this is such a small device, space consuming things like the touchpad had to be replaced by a pointing stick which may be a problem for some users but can be easily adapted to. While a middle mouse button for scrolling is a clever technique, the availability of an extra button for aligning the open windows in a side by side manner imparts flexibility on its small screen.

Increased peripheral connectivity, mobile broadband, GPS antenna, Faster next generation Wi-Fi back a collective punch within the P-Series. Having an innovative design and weighting just 1.4 lbs, this little wonder contains a lithium ion battery and runs on an Intel 1.33 GHz Atom processor. Providing an estimated battery life of 4 hours and a standard storage of 60 GB, the Sony P-series Lifestyle PC comes laden with a 2 GB RAM, MMC/SD/Memory stick Pro/Duo memory card slot for the ultimate data compatibility.

Sony's P-series Lifestyle PC works on a Linux powered, 'instant-on' environment that enables the users to quickly start their personal computers. Apart from providing a decent web surfing experience, this also helps in reducing the power consumption and thus saves an already miniature battery. Available with windows vista as a default choice, this laptop will also be windows 7 compatible. Coming along with a horde of propriety software, Sony P-series Lifestyle PC makes it easy to use, update and maintain this gadget.

KEY TECHNICAL SPECS:

- Features the Intel Atom 1.33 GHz processor an optimum choice for portable laptops

- A backlit 8-inch LED display with 1600x768 pixel resolution adds feature set

- Weights just 1.4 lbs and provides up to 4 hours of estimated battery life

- Includes Mobile broadband, GPS, Advanced Wi-Fi (802.and has Bluetooth connectivity options

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