How small will be your next mobile computer ? It seems that more and more manufacturers are convinced that there is a important market for ultra mobile computers (more or less 5” screen) which position them in between Smartphones & sub-note book (10-12” screen). After Toshiba and its Libretto U100 series, OQO
 with 01+, Samsung and its Cebit 06 announcement Origami Q1, Sony stickes back after the U-series launched in 2004,  teasers announce the arrival in June 2006 of Sony Vaio UX-180P. According infos found on the Cnet blog,

The content of this shiny box is the following :

* 4.5 inch 1024×600 touchscreen
* Windows XP Professional
* 1.2GHz CPU Intel Core Solo U1400
* 512MB
* 30GB
* 802.11a/b/g
* EDGE capability (?)
* Bluetoot
* Dual cameras (1.3 facing the back, 0.3 facing front)
* Battery  3 to 7 hours
* Weight  1.2 pounds
* Biometric fingerprint scanner
* USB port, Memory stick slot, headset & microphone jacks
* 1799 US$

 

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