Thanks to The Gadget Blog for pointing to the Sony Vaio U71P model, another entrant in the field of Internet-enabled tablets. The Gadget Blog points the main advantages of the Sony model:
It beats the Nokia in terms of storage options since you can plug in a 20GB/30GB Hard disk, Compact Flash or Memory Stick whilst the Nokia supports only the RS-MMC storage
However, the model is not too easy to find in the United States, and the only site that had something interesting to say about the U71 that was not in Japanese was Dynamism shop, a well-known importer of Japanese goodies that are not available in the States. Dynamism, however, still doesn’t quote the price, but with the functionality shown it looks like U71P is more of an entrant into the PC Tablet field, than it is a competitor to Nokia 770.
Dynamism’s prices for the U-series models are US$1900-2400.
Comment by Matt Brubeck 06.06.05 @ 2:24 amSony U71’s price is exorbitant and ridiculous. Might as well just get Sony’s T-series notebooks for the price.
Comment by redmildcali 09.01.05 @ 2:21 am