Comments on: Sony invents form factor no one asked for

By: james016

james016 — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:00:04 +0000

From the picture it looks like a digital photo frame with a keyboard stuck to it.

By: Paul Ockenden

Paul Ockenden — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:27:03 +0000

I’m afraid that “rather expensive” appears to be Sony’s strapline.

Although I’d like to add “…and not as good as we used to be.”

I used to be a Sony fan. In fact my house is still stuffed full of Sony stuff – they’ve had many many tens of tousands off me over the years. But I don;t think my next telly or laptop will be Sony.

By: David Bayon

David Bayon — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:06:23 +0000

I stand corrected – must have been a bit before my time here!

Even with that function in mind it still doesn’t appeal to me at all. And it’s rather expensive to just “sit on the sideboard”. Now if this sort of PC was as cheap as a hi-fi…

By: Paul Ockenden

Paul Ockenden — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:55:14 +0000

This isn’t new – Sony have been selling this style of PC for ages, even in the UK. I think I first saw this form factor in my local Sony shop around 5 years ago.

The idea is that with the keyboard folded up you can still use it as a media player, and the exposed part of the screen dispays track information etc.

It’s nor meant to be carried around – it’s a “sit on the sideboard” PC.

By: gazzat5

gazzat5 — Wed, 21 May 2008 11:57:17 +0000

I want one! I’ve been thinkign about having a living room ‘information’ pc for ages.

Now it just needs to be touchscreen and the keyboard needs to tuck behind the screen!