Windows Phone Thoughts: Digital World Tokyo Reviews the Sony Vaio UX50

"It's rare that a new product causes as much of a buzz as that surrounding Sony's take on the UMPC that was announced here in Tokyo on May 16... Put simply, the UX50 is one very attractive piece of kit — the sleek blacks and silvers it's made of instantly ask that you pick the thing up and play with it... Throw in a few novelty items, such as the typically Sony IC-card reader, a touch-sensitive screen, a fingerprint scanner and a blue-backlit sliding keyboard for a pretty stunning first impression."



Of course, this is the same unit that Sony is looking to use to compete with the new wave of Ultra-Mobile PCs, but does Sony deliver the goods? It's a stunningly beautiful device to be sure and it has some nifty high-end features, but to pay $1500 for something that essentially performs like an "entry-level PC". Hmmmm... Check out the review. There are a lot of nice photos and plenty of good observations.