Sony VAIO UX1 video overview: The Digital Lifestyle

The Sony VAIO UX-series still amazes me in terms of performance; the original Sony UMPCs from a few years back still perform as good as (if not better than) current devices. Fellow MVP Ian Dixon tested a UX1 for a few weeks and put together a nice video overview of the unit. This is the Intel Core Solo device running at 1.33 GHz combined with a 32 GB SSD flash drive, which explains why Vista appears to run very smoothly in Ian’s video. Ian’s also a Samsung Q1 owner and provides a nice size comparison between the two devices early in the program. If you haven’t seen a Sony VAIO UX1 in action, or if you just haven’t seen a UX in a while and missed Vista running on one, now’s your chance. Apple iPhone owners will particularly appreciate Ian’s demo of the zoom functionality: it’s the same zoom and screen panning approach that Apple uses for the mobile Safari browser. The only difference is that you don’t have to hit a hardware zoom button…