02Jun2006
Remember the post that we had yesterday about the new Sony approval on the FCC, looks like it might be just the temp name for the Vaio UX180 that will be sold and listed on Sony’s Website.
Reggie of MicroPC Talk, prompted us (thanks reggie) that it’s the UX and nothing else and interestingly that sony might have been working on such a product even before microsoft announced the UMPC.
While the FCC shows that they have approved a Sony handheld device with model number PCG-1J1L, we believe that this is the Sony Vaio UX180P. PCG-1J1L is obviously a temporary model number since nowhere in all the
FCC documents mentioned �Vaio� when the image found in one of the documents clearly has a Vaio brand at the back (�aio� visible) .
It is also interesting to note that Sony requested confidentiality of the device from the FCC on March 24, 2006, only a few days after the official announcement of the UMPC. This might mean that Sony was already hard at work designing their Micro PC probably way before the UMPC concept
was even thought of.
Check out the image which compares the FCC pic with the Vaio UX. Micro PC Talk has added arrows to show how the the PCG-1J1L is exactly as that of the Vaio UX 180P (VGN-UX180P)
Read the full article at [MicroTalk PC]
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01Jun2006
Posted by Joe
in Hardware and Sony.
Well we’ve heard and read a lot about the Sony Vaio UX Series, but this is not about that, UMPC News has discoverd the new FCC approval for a new look alike device which it states might fall under the UMPC category.
A new model of Sony VAIO PCG-1J1L and 1K1L handheld PC has been approved by the FCC.
Unfortunately the user manual and pictures of this PC are not disclosed yet, but from what I was able to put together from the label info, picture and test reports that are available, it looks like a good candidate for the UMPC category
This is definetely not the Sony Vaio UX model announced last week. The label ID clearly states that it is VAIO PCG model, and Vaio UX50 and 90 come with VGN prefix.Also even if we can only see the back side of this computer it doesn’t look like UX - the sides are not symmetrical [..]
More interesting we found this letter from Sony to the FCC not to disclose the photos and the User Manual… mmm let’s wait and see what they have for us!
Via [UMPC News]
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30May2006
Posted by Joe
in Sony, Specs and Videos.
Seems to be a Sony Week, Sony has updated its japanese site with a movie that highlights all the features of the unit. For those of you who can read japanese this would be fun, well for those who dont it would even more fun… (you know what we mean - just try clicking around )
[Watch it here]
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30May2006
Posted by Joe
in Sony, Specs and Videos.
Akihabara News has made a HD video of the Sony UX50, Since the UX 90 has not yet been out on the shelves this video is covering the UX50. Its pretty neat take a look.
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26May2006
Posted by Joe
in Hardware, Sony and Specs.
Sony has the offcial spec of the Vaio UX-180P the one that would be sold in the US markets.
Download the Spec (PDF)Â
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