Unlike DMKVancouver I am not a prissy person, i.e. I do not seek to criticise an exciting innovation, but to praise it’s entry into the mobile internet marketplace, where there is a great need for Sony reliability.

Combined with Dell’s pseudo-announcement of its promised Adamo premium line of PCs, is it any wonder that sales of less flashy but acceptably priced laptops are doing well? I think the list of companies who are going to be disappointed when there isn’t the stampede to buy this new stuff will get longer and longer until they recognize the limits in this niche: Intel Atom and XP/Vista.

“But our initial impressions are that the VAIO P makes most other netbooks look positively bloated.” Hmm, to me, other netbooks make the VAIO P look cramped. There’s “Gee, that’s a neat idea,” then there’s “Would I actually prefer using that, and owning it at that price?” I think that’s where this item will run into massive difficulty with the average buyer. Seems targeted to “Must fit in my purse, and price doesn’t matter” users–and they already have qwerty smartphones.