Doesn’t matter what everyone does, Sony likes to do it their way. It seems that they’ll do it again with UMPC. Sony had ultramobile Vaio U in the market for a few years already and now they plan to release Origami spec’ed Sony Vaio UX using Windows XP Pro.
According to Mobility Today Sony UX will have:
7″ touch screen
SLiding QWERTY Keyboard
Intel Core Solo Chip
WAN, Wi Fi, Bluetooth, 3G
Two cameras
Windows XP Pro
HDMI Port
However it is rather strange that Sony is not using Tablet PC OS on Vaio UX UMPC. Decision not to put a Touch Pack software on Ultramobile PCs can be understood and has already been done for ECS H70 UMPC. This software does not bring very significant improvements to Touch Screen optimized Tablet PC OS and if there are some additional costs involved some vendors might just drop it. Especially when they do not really need Microsoft marketing muscle behind them.
But why have a touch screen on a Windows based Ultramobile PC and forgo all the improvements that Touch and Pen optimized Tablet PC OS gives over standard Win XP Pro?
Update: Well, Sony has officially announced Vaio UX PC. And it is not Origami. In fact it is not even UMPC. Sony Vaio UX is 4.5″ Pocket PC with full PC functionality running Intel Core Solo and Win XP Pro. There’s even version of Sony VAIO UX running Linux.
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