Does your life need a little bit of colour, Sony seems to think so.The company has just introduced a new line of thin lightweight notebooks sporting a glossy finish framed with silver.
These VAIO CR notebooks also have luminous trim, and are available in five colors: sangria, cosmopolitan, dove, indigo and matte black. It is expected that they will be shown for the first time in July when Sony hold their annual trade show event.
Personalised extras are abundant throughout. An LED pulsates beneath the notebook’s trim reflecting what the PC is doing whether it’s booting up, powering down, or hibernating, glowing and fading accordingly. Completing the look, each CR notebook comes with its own VAIO branded wallpaper and optional color-coordinated carrying bag and mouse.
Weighing just 2.4 kilo (with a standard battery), the CR model is backed by Intel Centrino Duo processor technology and 802.11n wireless LAN capabilities. The notebook comes pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Premium operating system (with the Windows Vista Business edition optional). It’s also equipped with a 14.1-inch widescreen display (measured diagonally) and Sony’s XBRITE-ECO LCD technology, a CD/DVD player/burner and a set of speakers.
Instant-on mode and A/V controls provide on-demand access to media content. Select the “instant mode” button just above the keyboard and go straight to watching a movie, playing music, or viewing photos without ever booting-up the operating system.
The PC comes loaded with LocationFree software so you can “place-shift” live TV, access your personal video recorder or DVD player, and view that content on your notebook via the Internet. A base station and broadband connectivity are required, and are sold separately.
A built-in digital camera and microphone let you snap photos and participate in live video chats. The PC comes with a suite of multimedia tools for data backup, photos, music and videos including DVgatePlus and Click to DVD software for creating customized DVDs.
To import content, the PC includes Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick Pro, SD card and ExpressCard media slots, along with i.LINK IEEE 1394 and USB ports. The model also includes an S-video port, for connecting to a compatible television for watching a DVD or playing games on a bigger screen.
