Wow. Amazing! That phone…I want it!

http://www.jp.sonystyle.com/Style-a/Product/U/index.html
http://www.jp.sonystyle.com/Style-a/Special/U/Movie/index.html

One other thing. It HAS to display well in BRIGHT sunshine. I’ve only seen two handtops ever do that thus far. The Sony U750P/U50/U70/U71 series. And the oQo (I just saw the oQo out in bright sunlight yesterday for the first time ever and it displayed very well). That’s the

MAIN THING

that killed the Samsung Q1 deal for me. I had the guy walk outside the store with me with the Q1 in hand to see how well it displayed in sunlight.

You couldn’t see a d— thing.

No thanks.

You want to call it “ultra mobile” and I can’t even take it outside? Puh-lease.

Eh. EDGE might be a deal killer for me. I want EVDO/HSDPA like speeds or BETTER. C’mon, Sony, don’t you realize that we’re just a few short weeks away from *both* Verizon and Sprint rolling out the *next* version of EVDO, Rev A?

It’s already been ANNOUNCED at the CTIA wireless show in April in Las Vegas. Sprint announced Rev A coming by about 3rd quarter of this year. My Verizon guy says its just a few weeks away. And Novatel at CTIA announced the CARDS for Rev A and show pictures and demos of the cards.

And you want me to settle for EDGE? er, I doubt it…

…I just might wait for the oQo model 2. Maybe they’ll have EVDO built-IN.

When are these guys gonna realize how FUSSY we early adopters are and how more and more of us are HOLDING back waiting for the “perfect” machine after all of the past false starts/hopes/shattered/dreams.

Sounds cool, bummer it won’t support SD media like all my other devices.

videos changed again

http://www.learningcenter.sony.us/assets/itpd/notebooks/promos/vaio_summer06/index.html

They seem to be calling it the “UX micro PC”.. a play on the “ultra mobile pc”? (they can’t use UMPC if it doesn’t feature tablet OS)

Eh. Disappointing.

So it’s a U71P with
– slide-out keyboard
– EDGE and Bluetooth
– 2 cheesy cameras
– microphone
– fingerprint sensor
– lacking the CF II slot.
– probably a poorer choice in screen resolution.
– 0.5″ smaller screen

Eh.

Stuff magazine seem to have spoken to Sony, they are reporting it won’t be released in Europe

“Our contact also said the UX will hit shops around July, though it’s likely to be limited to the US and Japan. Fingers crossed, gadget importers Dynamism UK will take it up: we’ve dropped them a line to find out, so check back for an update.”

http://www.stuffmag.co.uk/hotstuffarticle.asp?de_id=1697

http://cafe.empas.com/vaiou/photo/photovaio/read.html?asn=162&notice=0&pno=1&oby=2&odir=0&fd=0&bt=30&ac=134&rurl=list.html%3Fpno%3D1%26oby%3D2%26odir%3D0%26ac%3D134%26fd%3D0

All righty then folks, get your Bat belts out for this mammoth.

Does anyone want to buy 2 U50’s from me?

Jon (who seems to be the main insider leaker) has posted to engadget these details..

Price: $1799.99
Release date: June
4.5 inch 1024×600 touchscreen with XBRITE
slide-out QWERTY keyboard
Windows XP Professional
1.2GHz Core Solo processor
512MB RAM
30GB hard drive with shock protection
802.11a/b/g
WAN (Cingular EDGE)
Bluetooth
dual cameras (VGA on the front, 1.3 MP on the back) with a microphone
biometric fingerprint sensor
1 USB port
Memory Stick slot
headphone and microphone inputs
1.1 pounds
Dimensions: 6″ x 4″ x 2″
Battery Life:3 to 7 hours
Stylus and a case will be included
Docking station which adds 3 USB ports, 1 Firewire port, and VGA/AV outputs
GPS will also be supported through Bluetooth

I was really happy with the first pics and the rumour this was a 7 inch screen, I am now disappointed however with these limitations to the device:
1. Small hard drive
2. Lack of Tablet OS (Amazing they’ve made the same mistake twice after the 750p)
3. The tiny screen! Its too small and you’ll be scrolling all the time.

Nevertheless , I think it will sell, it just won’t take on the likes of the Q1 (tablet os , 7 inch screen)

Great…
Another Sony product looking for a market.
I predict a replay of the whole Tablet-PC success (or lack thereof).

Guys, why are you saying that you don’t think the HDMI slot and blu-ray reference applies to the UX (and instead applies to the AR)? Because, if you look closely at the pictures being represented as being of the *UX* you can *clearly* see a HDMI labeled slot.

???

I believe that the scaling of the Memory Stick slot indicates a 5 inch screen. Someone has reported that the UX will be 1024 x 600 and while this might be accurate it is going to be awfully tiny for a 5 inch screen. Also, the HDMI slot and Blu-Ray reference almost assuredly go with the also to be announced AR notebook computer (remember my comments on the teaser URL and have nothing to do with this UPC, the UX.

Sorry about the typo above. The dock would be 6″ wide and 1.5″ thick.

Someone commented on Engadget that this has “a 4.5 inch 1024×600 touchscreen with XBRITE”. I’ve tried experimenting with the scaling of the picture, and I think the 4.5″ screen is more accurate (although I think it might be 5″ instead). If you look at the fingerprint scanner, that would be massive if the screen were 7″. Also, the old Sony U750P had a 5″ LCD screen.

If you take the next to last picture (the one of the device head on) and scale it to 63%, it will make the screen about 5″. Then the fingerprint scanner is about 0.5″, almost exactly the size of the fingerprint scanner on the Fujitsu P1510 (using it for comparison only), and the keys on the thumb-board are almost exactly the size of the ones on the Cingular 8125 version of the HTC Wizard, just spaced out more.

Also, if you scale the last picture of the back of the dock down to 95%, the iLink and USB ports are now about the proper size. The video port looks like a VGA port and has the screw attachments for VGA as well. Apparently the HDMI and BluRay parts of this teaser campaign refer to a new notebook that is being simultaneously announced.

Likewise, the pic of what I think is the top of the unit should be scaled to 64% to be roughly proportionate. If this scaling is roughly correct, the main unit is about 6.25″ by 4.5″ by 1.75″, and the dock is about I bet the antenna is extendable: it looks like it’s too thin to have out all the time, and it also has a rounded tip, so I don’t think it’s recessed in the body but located in a grooved slot on the back on the unit.

The dock appears to be about the same width or less than the main unit. I presume the bottom of the main device has a specialized dock port. Not clear where the USB port(s) are located.