I was writing an article on Sony VIO- VGN-UX280P, than a friend notified me there maybe another newer UX series Sony planning to release. Well what you know they already released it in Japan and Middle East, world’s smallest computer UX17GP. After thorough search and translation from Japanese I came up with so much so much incredible features of UX17GP that I am floating. It’s a size of a PDA, but the functionality no less than a high performance laptop, mobile and communicator together. Sony introduces its VIO HDD protection feature in this series. VAIO UX protects your precious data in more ways than one. When the built-in 3D acceleration sensor senses shakes and/or shocks, VAIO HDD Protection places the HDD head in a safe position to prevent important data loss caused by disk damage. In environments where vibrations cannot be avoided, such as in a car or on a train, sensitivity can be set to “low” so that VAIO HDD Protection won’t get engaged unnecessarily. If VAIO HDD Protection detects any threatening movements, an alert balloon will appear on your desktop. Equally important, to protect your data from unauthorized access, VAIO UX features Hard Disk Password. By requiring password authentication for the hard disk itself, this security measure helps prevent information leakage in the event of loss or theft. Now that’s call redefining computing. A communicator, a camera, a phone and computer in just one small thing, looks like we are after all heading towards Star-trek age, thanks to Sony.

Let’s look at the exceptional features of UX17GP:

Processor & Chipset

Intel® Centrino® Mobile Technology

Intel® Core™ Solo Processor U1400 (1.2GHz)

Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection

Intel® 945GMS Express Chipset

Operating System

Genuine Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 2)

Integrated Wireless LAN

Integrated Wireless LAN IEEE 802.11a/802.11b/802.11g

Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection

Bluetooth Technology

Bluetooth® standard version 2.0+EDR

Display

Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950

4.5″ WSVGA (1024X600) TFT color display

Hard Drive

30GB (C: 30GB) Ultra ATA/100

Memory

512MB DDR2 SDRAM (on board), upgradeable up to 2GB

Media Slot

Memory Stick® Media Slot — 1 - Supports Optional Memory Stick DUOâ„¢ media with MagicGate® functionality

Other Connectivity

2 USB 2.0 port, port replicator connector, DC-in (1)

Camera

Front side 310,000 pixels effective Image Device: 1/8″, VGA CMOS
Lens: 2 elements in 2 groups, F4(Fixed)
Focus distance: f=2.6mm; Built-in monaural microphone aside

Back side 1,310,000 pixels effective
Image Device: 1/4″, SXGA CMOS
Lens: 3 elements in 3 groups, F4(Fixed)
Focus distance: f=3.8mm

Security

Biometric Fingerprint Sensor

Batteries

VGP-BPS6 Lithium-ion battery: Up to 3.5 hours use

Weight & Measurements

517g. (with the original battery)

150.2 × 95-100.5 × 32.2-38.2mm

Additionally needless to mention as usual configuration like Ethernet cards, infrared pointer etc. Now you can say have you ever seen any upcoming notebook with that much features? I don’t recall seeing one. But some issues have to be reconsider like high tech configuration is one thing and performance is another. Without some real experiments you can never see the difference, Sony will yet to announce the release in US and other places.

Source: SonyStyle.com (Japan & Middle East)