Sony
has officially announced the sleek
Sony VAIO UX180P Micro PC VGN-UX180P (
pre-order
page). It is powered by Intel Core Solo U1400 (1.2
GHz / 2MB L2 cache), Intel 945GMS Express chipset, 512MB RAM, Intel's
GMA950 graphics (uses up 128MB of the system
memory when needed) and comes with 30 GB hard drive. The
UMPC has 4.5 inch WSVGA (1024x600) touchscreen display and with the onboard Vaio
touch application you can use it in a vertical position. The display slides up
to reveal the 69 key QWERTY keyboard.
Other features include 1.3 Megapixel
Motion eye camera (located on the front of the device - for VOIP
communication), VGA res camera (to take pictures),
Wi-Fi a/b/g, WWAN (compatible with Cingular's EDGE wireless network),
Bluetooth 2.0, Biometric fingerprint scanner and G-Sensor technology,
Memory stick / Compact Flash card slot. Upon docking with the stand you get 3 x
USB ports, 1 x Firewire port, Ethernet jack, 1 x VGA out. Sony claims the
entire devices runs on a mere 41W during normal operation, giving the unit up to
4.5 hours per battery charge.
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