One is an affordable HD laptop with an optional Blu-ray drive, the other is a carbon-fiber lightweight feather of a notebook with a price that's far from budget. Together, they comprise Sony's Vaio newcomers that are ready to launch along with Windows 7.
Let's start with the sexiest. The Vaio X has been shown off in photo galleries here before, but the details are now confirmed. At half an inch thin, it isn't quite as slim as a Dell Adamo XPS, but its 1.6-pound carbon fiber body makes it the "lightest notebook ever," according to Sony.
Equipped with an 11.1-inch 16x9 LED backlit display that has a scratch-resistant screen, as well as built-in 3G compatible with Verizon, it's definitely an upscale coffee shop notebook if we've ever seen one.
There are more notable features:
- An SSD drive instead of a hard disk drive (64 GB)
- Built-in GPS that doesn't require an internet connection to function
- A multi-touch trackpad that Sony promises will work "like a smartphone"
- Both a standard and long-life battery packaged right in the box, which Sony claims will provide up to 17 combined hours of plug-free work.
What's not specified is the processor: "Intel processor, 2.0 GHz" is all that's confirmed, but combined with the small screen size, 2GB of DDR2 RAM, and small-size SSD, the suggestion is high-end Netbook. The Vaio X starts at $1,300--not that you'd expect this to be cheap, would you? The Vaio X comes preinstalled with Windows 7 Home Premium, and comes in either gold, as seen above, or black.
The Vaio CW
(Credit: Sony)On the more affordable end of the spectrum, the CW series also comes preinstalled with Windows 7, but its starting price is a relatively palty $780. Optional Blu-ray drives and a 14-inch 16x9 screen add up to another potentially solid HD-savvy multimedia notebook from Sony.
The CW15FX/P comes with 4GB of DDR3 RAM, a 2.2 GHz Core 2 Duo processor, a 320GB hard drive, and an Nvidia GeForce G210M GPU. It sounds good, but we can pretty much guarantee that that particular config won't be the one that costs $780.
Both will be available in time for the launch of Windows 7, which is only a few weeks away.
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Blurry Webcam photo shows a network news truck, but no other hullabaloo, outside the Apple store on New York's Fifth Avenue.
(Credit: Caroline McCarthy/CNET News)NEW YORK--It's a lovely day here at the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue and East 58th Street, at least so far. Temperatures are slated to hit 90 degrees within hours, and the short line for the iPhone 3G hasn't gotten any longer. It comes out on Friday at 8 a.m., in just slightly less than three days.
I was explaining to a friend over breakfast this morning that I think there's a critical-mass issue at hand; you need about 15 people in line to really get the ball rolling. Then would-be queuers will stop wavering and stake out a place to ensure that they get a phone on day 1.
Currently, there are only about five, and they're a group of activists who are all together. Put in five more, and the snowball effect might start.
But last year's remarkably smooth, shortage-free launch of the original iPhone undoubtedly has an impact too. This year, people are much more chill.
But who did show up, as evidenced by this picture taken with (naturally) my MacBook's Webcam, is a broadcast operation from WPIX, the local affiliate of the TV network The CW.
There was no camera crew in sight, so it could be that the station just wants to have a choice spot carved out for Friday's festivities. Or they could've been hunting for a story, only to find out that for the most part (the Waiting for Apples group notwithstanding), it's still business as usual at the Apple store.
Disclosure: The CW is joint-owned by CBS. CNET News is published by CBS Interactive, CBS unit.
Brother's newest inkjet multifunction printer, the MFC-6490CW is a milestone for the company--it's their first color inkjet that can print, copy, scan, and fax on 11 inch by 17-inch tabloid sized paper. This is also the first in a new line of "Professional Series" printers that accommodate the creative and innovative consumer.
The printer will have ports for direct printing from USB flash drives, PictBridge compatible ports, and external multimedia cards. In addition, the MFC-6490CW is also wireless and includes a built in auto-document feeder, dual paper input trays, and a four ink cartridge bay. We're also excited to see that it has a beautiful 3.3-inch color LCD that acts as a control center for the device.
The printer will be available next month for $299; look for an in depth review from CNET soon.
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All-in-one (AIO) printers touting three to four features such as copying, scanning, and faxing are aplenty. But when we received news of a 9-in-1 model, it nearly blew us away.
Brother's MFC-885CW has to be one of the most feature-packed printers we've seen this year. This color inkbox can not only print, scan, copy, and fax, but it is also capable of direct photo printing from a flash card or USB drive and PC fax. That's six features already. Then the Wi-Fi-enabled printer goes to the next level, incorporating a cordless phone, built-in speakerphone, and, to sweeten the deal, an answering machine.
Set on the printer is a nice 4.2-inch color widescreen display, one of the biggest we've seen for an all-in-one, which you can use to view photos or edit (tweak colors or remove red-eye) before printing.
The MFC-885CW is a part of the new lineup of printers that Brother is launching this year for its 100th anniversary. For an additional 50 bucks, you can even make it dispense Coke and make toast Just kidding.
(Source: Crave Asia)
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