Sony announces VAIO W Series mini-notebook lineup with a mere 2 hour battery life
Sony’s finally come to their senses with the announcement of the new VAIO W Series mini-notebook lineup. Available in three colors (berry pink, sugar white, and cocoa brown), the W Series comes with a 10.1 inch display with a resolution of 1366 x 768 – easily breaking the standard mold used in nearly all other 10.1 inch netbooks out there.
Other notable features of the W series include a keyboard with “springy and responsive keys”; loads of “greenness” thanks to ENERGY STAR 5.0 compliance, EPEAT Gold registered and a mercury-free LED backlit LCD display; and multimedia streaming to DLNA enabled devices thanks to VAIO Media plus Multimedia Streaming software.
Sounds fine and dandy right? Well there’s a downer and it’s pretty lame if you ask us. The standard battery that comes with the W Series has an estimated battery life of get this.. 2 hours. Yup. Two hours. You’d think that after studying the market for so long, Sony would get something like the battery right on the first (or really second) try. Oh well..
Here’s the rest of the specs:
- Intel Atom N280 processor (tho it’s not explicitly stated. Sony says “Intel Processor 1.66GHz. We read that as Intel Atom N280).
- 1GB DDR2 SDRAM
- 160GB HDD
- QWERTY keyboard – 86 keys with 1.2 mm stroke and 16.5 mm pitch
- Built-in MOTION EYE Camera and microphone
- Electro-static touch pad
- Memory Stick PRO Duo with MagicGate functionality
- SD memory card slot
- Atheros 802.11 b/g/n
- Integrated Stereo A2DP Bluetooth
- 10.1 inch 1366 x 768 resolution LED backlit XBRITE-ECO LCD display
- Intel HD Audio
- Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
- 2 USB 2.0 ports
- Windows XP Home
You can pre-order the Sony VAIO W Series now for $499.99. Expect them to hit the stores by next month. The question is – with a mere 2 hour battery life, does anyone really care about the Sony VAIO W?
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