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Sony upgrade its Vaio Z and announces the Z13.

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [28/9/2010 - 03:08] - 10 - Laptops

Sony announced this morning that it will upgrade its actual Vaio Z early October with many little hardware improvements including the apparition of an Intel Core i5-560M CPU as well as more powerful Intel Core i7-640M and the choice be[...]

Sony upgrade its Vaio Z and announces the Z13.

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Sony added the SMC tech to their Vaio Z and Y series

By Akihabara News Team - [18/6/2010 - 12:00] - 0 - Laptops

Sony US sent us a press release this morning to announce us their new VAIO Z and Y series will now features the SMC Technology, or Share My Connection. For those who are not aware with this technology, the SMC will allow you to turn yo[...]

Sony added the SMC tech to their Vaio Z and Y series

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Sony add a better CPU in Japan to its Vaio M

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [8/6/2010 - 04:50] - 0 - Laptops

Sony’s netbook, the Vaio M, now comes with an Atom N470 (1.8GHz) and should offer normally better performances than the previous model. Add to that the usual 1GB of RAM, 250GB of HDD, Office 2010 Personal, WIFI, Bluetooth, a 10.1” WSVG[...]

Sony add a better CPU in Japan to its Vaio M

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Sony upgrades its all in one Vaio J Series in Japan.

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [8/6/2010 - 04:31] - 0 - Desktop

Now available in Core i5-450M (2.4GHz), with 4GB of RAM, 1TB of HDD and a Blu-Ray Burner, our 21.5” Full HD All in one desktop comes now with a 21.5” Monitor instead of the previous 20.1”. Sold around 220,000 Yen in Japan also comes wi[...]

Sony upgrades its all in one Vaio J Series in Japan.

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[Review] New Sony Vaio P, a nice evolution rather than a real revolution

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [31/5/2010 - 02:57] - 3 - Review Laptops

As you must be aware of by now, Sony introduced a new upgrade of its ultra tiny Vaio P around the world. Not yet available in the Stores, we had the chance however, to secure a review unit in order to get to the bottom of this upgrade [...]

[Review] New Sony Vaio P, a nice evolution rather than a real revolution

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Sony to introduce 5 new Bluetooth laser mouse in Japan

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [10/5/2010 - 03:20] - 0 - Peripherals

Initially made for the for the Vaio E series, Sony’s latest Bluetooth mouse, the VGP-BMS20, with their 800dpi resolution are in fact perfectly able to run with any Bluetooth capable PCs… Now well, not sure about what you may think abou[...]

Sony to introduce 5 new Bluetooth laser mouse in Japan

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Sony introduces a New Vaio P with accelerometer and PS3 Remote Play.

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [10/5/2010 - 01:36] - 1 - Laptops

Sony introduces this morning, a new Vaio P, a completely remade from ground-up Vaio P, designed to bring way more versatility to the already sexy Vaio P. The basic model comes with an Atom Z530 (1.60GHz) or an Atom Z560 (2.13GHz) on Or[...]

Sony introduces a New Vaio P with accelerometer and PS3 Remote Play.

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Sony VAIO laptops to get more affordable?

By Akihabara News Team - [16/4/2010 - 04:52] - 1 - Laptops

Most of us really like Vaio laptops but have usually had to stay a pocket-distance away because of the generously put price tags. However, it seems we may not have to just sigh and walk away from them. According to the recent announcem[...]

Sony VAIO laptops to get more affordable?

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Sony latest NetBook Vaio M now official.

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [17/3/2010 - 02:56] - 0 - Laptops

Sony latest Vaio, the Vaio M, a netbook that has been pretty popular on the web before its release is now officially announce. Powered by the Usual intel ATOM, here a N450 @ 1.66GHz, with 1GB of RAM, 250GB of HDD and a 10.1” screen wit[...]

Sony latest NetBook Vaio M now official.

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Sony Japan updates its Vaio Z and E to match the Vaio US announcement mad earlier this year.

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [16/2/2010 - 03:24] - 1 - Laptops

Sony Japan is now following the US and announced the arrival of its new Vaio Z powered by an Intel i5 or i7 CPU, Blu-Ray and up to 512GB of SSD, more information here after the Jump, as well as the new Colorful E Series available in 5 [...]

Sony Japan updates its Vaio Z and E to match the Vaio US announcement mad earlier this year.

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Sony Japan to open Apple-Store reminiscent stores, Sony Store Nagoya to be the spearhead

By Akihabara News Team - [28/1/2010 - 06:12] - 2 - Misc

The first such store is scheduled to be opened in Nagoya city in Japan on March 13th. The first floor will have VAIO, Walkman, Cyber-shot, Handycam, PSP and Sony Ericsson products that the consumers can look at, touch and play with whe[...]

Sony Japan to open Apple-Store reminiscent stores, Sony Store Nagoya to be the spearhead

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[Review] Sony Vaio X Series… God this notebook is sexy!

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [27/1/2010 - 04:44] - 2 - Review Laptops

Being an editor at Akihabara News means that you have to play with a lot of different toys every single day and get used to having the latest goodies on your desk… Well I know, I know, we have quite a nice life here in our Japanese HQ,[...]

[Review] Sony Vaio X Series… God this notebook is sexy!

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Don’t miss the new sleek Sony Vaio Fall-Winter Signature Collection

By Akihabara News Team - [9/11/2009 - 06:27] - 0 - Pc

SONY VAIO has just done it again…Equipped with impressive specs, new limited edition futuristic notebooks VAIO VGN-FW590FFD and VAIO FW Nebula guarantee, above all, great gaming experience. Specifically designed for gamers, the first f[...]

Don’t miss the new sleek Sony Vaio Fall-Winter Signature Collection

Sony and BEAMS joining forces to pimp your Vaio X

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [5/11/2009 - 04:05] - 0 - Pc

BEAMS, a Japanese Fashion company which happens to be the husband and the boyfriend wallet nemesis, announced this morning that they have joined forces with Sony in order to propose 2 new “pouches” or carrying bags for Sony’s lat[...]

Sony and BEAMS joining forces to pimp your Vaio X

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Sony Vaio L Series: Photos Gallery Update & Quick Hands-on

By Akihabara News Team - [8/10/2009 - 05:43] - 4 - Pc

Besides the all-new Vaio X Series, Sony introducedc a nice all-in-one Desktop PC featuring a nice 24’’ LCD Full HD touchscreen at their press conference. As a reminder, the L-Series is equipped with a Core 2 Duo processor E7500 (2.93GH[...]

Sony Vaio L Series: Photos Gallery Update & Quick Hands-on

Vaio X Series: Pictures Gallery Update and Hands-on

By Akihabara News Team - [8/10/2009 - 03:47] - 0 - Pc

We finally got to Ginza where Sony’s press conference for their all new Netbook, the Vaio X, took place. We were able to shoot some pictures at the CEATEC 2009, but couldn’t get our hands on it to test it.. Regarding the specs, w[...]

Vaio X Series: Pictures Gallery Update and Hands-on

Sony Vaio L Series

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [8/10/2009 - 10:07] - 1 - Pc

Alongside the Vaio X, Sony announced their new Vaio L Series, a new all in one PC with a nice 24” Touchscreen (with Multi-Touch support) Full HD LCD that runs on Windows 7. The L Series features a Blu-ray recorder, a TV tuner as well a[...]

Sony Vaio X Officially Official!

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [8/10/2009 - 09:37] - 1 - Pc

This morning Sony organized an event for the press in Japan in to introduce their new Vaio, however and due to the typhoon most of Tokyo’s trains including JR and some subways were closed… I can’t make it to Ginza We saw the X two days[...]

[CEATEC 09- Live] Sony Vaio X…

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [6/10/2009 - 04:42] - 1 - Pc

Previously announced worldwide, for the first time Sony Japan displayed their latest ultra sexy and portable Vaio X Notebook… But displayed it in a hidden, dark and remote corner of their booth. While we still haven’t really play[...]

Sony Meltdown… Sony Laptop Can’t Play Sony Disks with Sony Drive on Sony TVs

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [17/8/2009 - 04:16] - 3 - Image

I had a huge laugh reading this on CrunchGear, so I decided to share it. CrunchGear reported a nice little story of someone who had a lot of trouble watching a Blu-ray movie… How simple this is normally, but this poor fellow suffers fr[...]

Sony Meltdown… Sony Laptop Can’t Play Sony Disks with Sony Drive on Sony TVs

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Sony Finally Gives-up Under Pressure and Releases Their First Ever Netbook (with Video)

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [7/7/2009 - 02:25] - 1 - Pc

Not a long time ago Sony told the world Netbooks were in race to the bottom and had no intention to join the race. Well with the success of these cheap (technically obsolete) computers, Sony finally gave up and here’s their first[...]

Sony Finally Gives-up Under Pressure and Releases Their First Ever Netbook (with Video)

Sony Updates Thier Vaio NW in Japan

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [16/6/2009 - 02:43] - 0 - Pc

Nothing very stunning here, but Sony updated Their Vaio NW70 and NW50 with a Core 2 Duo P8700 (2.53Ghz), Vista Home Premium 64bit, a 15.5” wide LCD and a 1366×768 resolution, 4GB of RAM (max 8GB), 500GB of HDD, Office Personal 200[...]