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Sony , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...

Vaio UX Micro PC is an Ultra-Mobile Portable Computer (

UMPC An ultra-mobile PC, or ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), is a miniature version of a pen computer, a class of laptop whose specifications were launched by Microsoft and Intel in spring 2006. Sony had already made a first attempt in this ...

) first marketed in 2006. It weighs around 490–544 g (1.20–1.27 lb), and has a slide-out

QWERTY QWERTY () is a keyboard layout for Latin-script alphabets. The name comes from the order of the first six Computer keyboard keys#Types, keys on the top left letter row of the keyboard ( ). The QWERTY design is based on a layout created f ...

keyboard, touchscreen, Intel Core 2 Solo processor,

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Wi-Fi Wi-Fi () is a family of wireless network protocols, based on the IEEE 802.11 family of standards, which are commonly used for local area networking of devices and Internet access, allowing nearby digital devices to exchange data by radio wave ...

, and

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. Though not officially stated as such, and even to a point implied by Sony that the UX is a move in a new direction and not a specific continuation of such, the Sony UX is speculated by some to be the newest model in the popular

Sony U-series The Sony U series of subnotebook computers refers to two series of Sony products the PCG-U and the VGN-U. The later VGN-U were, at their release, the smallest independent computers running Windows XP and the most powerful high-end subnotebooks at th ...

. NOTE : Japanese models include 533 MHz memory and so do the minority markets ( Europe, Australia etc. ) models. The US ones do not have 533 MHz but slower 400 MHz. All models share these features: * 4.5" XBrite

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touchscreen with 1024x600

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. * Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 Graphics Card (128 MB (128 MB) Shared RAM) - some have 256 MB *

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Duo Slot * Built-in

802.11b/g and

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* Front and back

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References in popular culture

* A black Vaio UX was used by

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in ''

Terminator Salvation ''Terminator Salvation'' is a 2009 American military science fiction action film directed by McG and written by John Brancato and Michael Ferris. It is the fourth installment of the ''Terminator'' franchise and serves as a sequel to '' Termin ...

''. It was used to hack mototerminator, track the cell Kyle Reese was being held captive in at Skynet. * A Vaio UX is featured in the music video for the song "

Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill) "Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)" is the lead single from Haitian rapper Wyclef Jean's sixth studio album, '' Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs of an Immigrant''. The R&B and hip hop song features vocals from Niia and Akon, as well as rapper Lil Wayne. Veriz ...

" by

Wyclef Jean Nel Ust Wyclef Jean (; born October 17, 1969) is a Haitian rapper, musician, and actor. At the age of nine, Jean immigrated to the United States with his family. He first achieved fame as a member of the New Jersey hip hop group the Fugees, a ...

. The UX delivers the message to

that he must rescue the "sweetest girl" from

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to a hostile

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. *

Rodney McKay Meredith Rodney McKay, Ph.D, is a fictional character in the 2004 Canadian-American Sci-Fi Channel television series ''Stargate SG-1'' and '' Stargate Atlantis'', two military science fiction television shows about military teams exploring two ...

can be seen using one in several episodes of ''

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'', he's also used

OQO OQO was a U.S. computer hardware company that was notable for manufacture of handheld computers. Its systems possessed the functionality of a tablet computer, tablet PC in a size slightly larger than a personal digital assistant (PDA). According t ...

UMPCs. * Bill Tanner can be seen using a Sony Vaio UX in the 2008 motion picture ''

Quantum of Solace ''Quantum of Solace'' is a 2008 spy film and the twenty-second in the List of James Bond films, ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions. It is the sequel to Casino Royale (2006 film), ''Casino Royale'' (2006). Directed by Marc Forst ...

''. * "Same Girl" by R. Kelly featuring Usher: R. Kelly looks at Usher's slideshow of the a lady on what appears to be the Sony VGN-UX 39

* A Vaio UX is used as

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arming device in one episode (hour) of the television show '' 24''. * A Sony Vaio UX is used by the antagonist in '' Paul Blart: Mall Cop''. * Riley Poole used a Vaio UX in ''

National Treasure The idea of national treasure, like national epics and national anthems, is part of the language of romantic nationalism, which arose in the late 18th century and 19th centuries. Nationalism is an ideology that supports the nation as the fundame ...

'' while capturing the security camera stream of the declaration of independence and to infiltrate Buckingham Palace in ''

National Treasure 2 ''National Treasure: Book of Secrets'' is a 2007 American action-adventure film directed by Jon Turteltaub and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. It is a sequel to the 2004 film '' National Treasure'' and is the second film of the ''National Treasu ...

''. * In ''The Pink Panther 2'', Kenji uses a Sony Vaio UX when the Dream Team is investigating the crime scene of the stolen Pink Panther diamond. * In the James Bond movie Casino Royale The Micro PC was used by Bill Tanner in the movie, and shown on the boat near the end of the film. There was a promotional "Spy Gear" set created for the movie.

References

External links

Micro PC Talk

Sony UX280P
- Review at Skatter Tech

Sony Vaio UX series: At a glance from pocketables.net
Sony Singapore Sony VAIO UX product listing
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