Sony has officially launched its latest 11.6-inch notebook in its line-up, the VAIO YB VPCYB49KJ. This notebook is built on AMD A50M FCH chipset, which allows this notebook to handle as many tasks that any average person would do.

The VAIO YB VPCYB49KJ operates on AMD E-450 processor chip clocked at 1.65GHz. This is supported by 2GB DDR3 RAM memory as well as a 640GB hard disk.

Additional features on this new machine include an 11.6-inch display with 1366 x 768 screen resolution. It also sports a webcam as well as an SD card slot for easy portable storage access. For its connectivity, the VAIO YB VPCYB49KJ WiFi capable and supports wireless trandfers via bluetooth 2.1 + EDR. The machine will run on Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit (SP1) as the operating-system of choice.

The VAIO YB VPCYB49KJ will be sold for around 90,000 Yen, or US$1,181. Shipping dates are not posted, but it should be out any time, soon.

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This February, Sony is expected to release a new notebook to expand its VAIO Z series. This particular model is called the Sony VAIO Z VPCZ239FJ / B.

The notebook, which has a sleek yet sturdy design, will run on a 2.50GHz Intel Core i5-2450M processor coupled with an Intel HM67 Express Chipset. Said partnership of Intel products is expected to result in quick access to files as well as protection from disk storage failure.

It will sport a 128 GB Solid State Disk with 4 GB of DDR3 RAM, both ensuring that the user experiences super fast computing speeds. The operating system of choice for this is Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1.

The screen, which is an LCD, for the notebook spans 13.1 inches in length. It will have a resolution of 1600 x 900. Its connectivity options include Wi-Fi, WiMax and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR.

The new Sony VAIO Z VPCZ239FJ / B will also have a USB 3.0 port for speedy connection to peripherals as well as an HDMI port for transmitting uncompressed data to other devices such as an LCD screen. Among its other add-ons are webcam, an SD card slot, integrated speakers and a microphone.

This notebook will sell for 200,000 Yen or about USD 2,621.

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While the Wi-Fi Sony Tablet S went on sale in India in November 2011, the 3G versions of both Sony Tablet S and the dual-screened Tablet P have become available for Indian buyers. Apparently the 3G versions of these tablets were announced back in December last year, and should be on sale mid-January, but were delayed for unknown reasons.

Sony’s Android tablet with special customizations had made a splash last year. They included media remote features as well as PlayStation certification to be more distinctive from other Android tablets. Their hardware designs for the Tablet S and Tablet P, in typical Sony style, were also definitely more stylish and unique compared to many of the existing Android tablets already in the market.

It’s very much surprising that Sony was able to carve out a decent little niche for themselves in the Android tablet space, at least before cheaper, 7-inch tablets such as the Kindle Fire went out for an even bigger piece of the market.

The Tablet S will be sold for INR 33,750, while the Tablet P for INR 36,750. They can be purchased now from online retailer Flipkart.

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Sony has currently discontinued indefinitely the production of all their eReaders preceding Sony PRS-T1.

The said eReader is now officially the company’s flagship model in terms of eBook readers, and because of this status, it gets frequently updated. In fact, it is the most updated eReader when compared to other similar devices from other companies.

Recently, a new firmware update for the Sony PRS-T1 has been released. This might become another selling point for the eReader, which currently boasts of being the world’s lightest eBook reader.

The firmware, which is now in version 1.0.04, offers many new improvements—so many that the update totals to over 100 MB in size. This also means that some users of the Sony PRS-T1 might have to make some room for the update on their devices.

Among the updates are improved touch panel functionality, improved stability when using dictionary search, improved connectivity to the Internet, and improved Digital Rights Management (DRM) contents compatibility.

It also fixes the bug in the dictionary when sometimes a short page flick unintentionally selects words and prompts look up as when as the one where users are unable to download some files via the eReader.

The firmware update may be availed via Sony Support.

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A lot of manufacturers in the US are releasing 3G tablets with the help of service providers like AT&T. Some of the big names in this market involves Samsung, HTC, Acer and Pantech. All of these companies released one 3G device within the last six months.

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Sony is about to bring Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to its tablet portfolio this spring. The company representative said at an event in London that ICS would be arriving on both the Sony Tablet S and Tablet P at the same time during spring. Sony also said that both tablets would be having a new update which would bring Microsoft Office functionality. However, the company didn’t actually dwell on what this update would entail.

Sony also showed off its PlayStation Certified gaming platform on the Tablet S and announced that it is now compatible with a PlayStation controller. This means that gamers won’t have to use the on-screen controls for the games on PlayStation Store. This is something that OnLive has also been trying and by all accounts using a physical controller with the tablet makes gaming experience a whole lot better.

At the event, Sony was upbeat on its recent entry on the tablet market. It thought that it had the biggest selling Android tablet over this period but was it didn’t gave out any figures regarding on its sales.

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Sony announces that it would give its VAIO catalogue a very minor refresh. The Spring refresh is mostly for the Z series with the option of a Carbon Fiber Silver color option alongside and optional LTE modem. The series also gets a processor step-up with Intel Core i5 and i7 options up to 3.5GHz. SSD is the only storage option for this line. Prices of the series start from $1,950. Meanwhile, both the S and E series will have similar processor bumps with both S and Z series able to lock into an extended sheet battery accessory. Minor processor improvements, battery options and LTE connectivity are the only improved aspects in this refresh and should be available next month.

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Sony is displaying their concept design for an ultrabook which can be used as a traditional laptop or a tablet. The touchscreen display covers the keyboard when you want to turn the device into a tablet. You can slide out they keyboard and then prop up the display if you use this device into a tablet.

The design looks similar to the Samsung Series 7 sliding Windows tablet that went kaput. The Asus Eee Pad did come out with this design.

Just like the Eee PC Slider, Sony’s concept design puts the speakers behind the keyboard, this would muffle the audio when users use the the computer as a tablet. This pretty machine has few USB port and supports stylus input. There is no word for anything from price to processor to release date and such.

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If you’re an attendee of the recent held CES, you would notice at Sony’s booth, enclosed with the glass case, the future Ultrabook concept. A source from Verge was given a chance to capture photos of the said laptop figure. But unfortunately, even vague specs of the prospect Sony Ultrabook weren’t able to disclose.

But as the image was shown, it has a much resemblance with the Sony Vaio Z. However, it appears to be thicker-seems to be a contradicting statement, given that the machine is categorized as an Ultrabook. Yet the point is, Sony is has started to be on the game of Ultrabook space. Just a hope for the public that external Graphics Processing Unit and port station will be placed along this prospect mobile computer from Sony.

Sony has been known for making extravagant laptops, hence it is anticipated then that the company would have lighter and slimmer Ultrabooks soon at much reasonable prices.

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