Today Sony is launching their newest line of laptops, the VAIO Fit series. There will be two different lines, the Fit and the Fit E, and all of the new laptops are "thin and light" and feature aluminum exteriors. Sony didn't provide detailed specifications, but it sounds like the VAIO Fit series is going after users that like the idea of an Ultrabook but aren't willing to pay the higher price premiums. That likely means entry level models will come with conventional HDD storage rather than SSDs or hybrid solutions, though Sony does note that SSDs and hybrid options are available on higher spec models. Noteworthy features of the VAIO Fit laptops include 1600x900 HD+ LCDs on the 14" model and 1080p displays on the...
All PS3 Models Receive $50 Price Cut
Sony's PS3 console is getting a price cut: in the US, the 160 GB model will now cost $249 instead of $299 and the 320GB model will now cost...
17 by Andrew Cunningham on 8/16/2011
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2 by Craig Getting on 8/9/2011
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36 by Brian Dipert on 8/8/2011
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9 by Andrew Cunningham on 8/4/2011
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12 by Andrew Cunningham on 7/29/2011
Sony Updates Vaio Z: Light Peak and An External GPU
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99 by Kristian Vättö on 6/28/2011
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42 by Jarred Walton & Dustin Sklavos on 3/14/2011
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You can't buy it from Sony's website. If you blinked you might have missed the news popping up on a couple of different sites about its existence. If you...
53 by Dustin Sklavos on 2/22/2011
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There have been an almost overwhelming number of smartphone launches during this CES - which is definitely a good thing. The whole team has been running around getting hands...
21 by Brian Klug on 1/8/2011
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20 by Andrew Van Til on 11/29/2010
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78 by Vivek Gowri on 7/19/2010
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64 by Dustin Sklavos on 6/30/2010