Sony to release Vaio P 'mark 2' in October

Sony is preparing a Vaio P 'mark 2' for release in October or November 2009 - with the first Vaio P proving popular with the business crowd (and show-offs!)
Sony is preparing a Vaio P 'mark 2' for release in October or November 2009 - with the first Vaio P proving popular with the business crowd (and show-offs!)

While Sony's Vaio P series – the sexy ultra-portable 'notbook' that launched earlier this year – came under fire from critics for its painfully-slow boot-up and its frighteningly 'premium' price-tag, the Japanese computing giant has revealed that it still has plans to release a Vaio P 'mark 2' this coming autumn.

A Sony rep informed TechRadar at a recent launch event for its new Vaio NW laptop and Vaio W netbook that, while overall sales of the ultraportable P Series hadn't gone through the roof, they were still selling a significant amount to certain niche markets.

Significant enough, so it would seem, for Sony to be planning to release a new range of Vaio P ultraportable computers this coming October or November.

Faster boot-up time

Other than the fact that we will see the new Vaio Ps later in 2009 and that they will feature a much-improved boot-up time (as the last ones came under fire for both pricing and for the up to 90-second boot-up wait) details are currently scarce.It seems that the business sector has become quite fond of Sony's solid and almost pocket-sized computer.

Pricing-gripes aside, TechRadar was a fan of the Vaio P and we are glad to hear that Sony sells a good enough amount of the dinky computers in places such as airports and in its flagship stores in areas such as London's Tottenham Court Road.

No doubt we will hear more later in the summer or early autumn.For now, you can check out our first hands on with Sony's first 'proper' netbook – the new £399 Vaio W.

You can see more on Sony's current Vaio P Series range over at the European Sony Style store.

TOPICS
Adam Hartley
Latest in Pro
Microsoft Copiot Studio deep reasoning and agent flows
Microsoft reveals OpenAI-powered Copilot AI agents to bosot your work research and data analysis
Group of people meeting
Inflexible work policies are pushing tech workers to quit
Representational image depecting cybersecurity protection
Third-party security issues could be the biggest threat facing your business
An image of network security icons for a network encircling a digital blue earth.
Why multi-CDNs are going to shake up 2025
A stylized depiction of a padlocked WiFi symbol sitting in the centre of an interlocking vault.
Broadcom warns of worrying security flaws affecting VMware tools
Android Logo
Devious new Android malware uses a Microsoft tool to avoid being spotted
Latest in News
EA Sports F1 25 promotional image featuring drivers Oscar Piastri, Carlos Sainz and Oliver Bearman.
F1 25 has been officially announced, with this year's entry marking a return for Braking Point and a 'significant overhaul' for My Team mode
Garmin clippd integration
Garmin's golf watches just got a big software integration upgrade to help you improve your game
Robert Downey Jr reveals himself as Doctor Doom to a delighted crowd at San Diego Comic-Con 2024
Marvel is currently making a major announcement about Avengers: Doomsday's cast on YouTube, and I think it's going to be a long-winded reveal
Samsung QN90F on yellow background
Samsung announces US prices for its 2025 mini-LED TV lineup, and it’s good and bad news
Nintendo Switch Lite
Forget the Nintendo Switch 2, the original Switch is getting one last hurrah in a surprise Nintendo Direct tomorrow
The Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge on display the January 22, 2025 Galaxy Unpacked event.
Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge colors seemingly revealed in new video, and there’s another sign of an imminent launch