FLASHPACKING: Sony VAIO VGN-UX280P Ultimate Travelers Tool?

[JamesInTheWorld]

I just picked up a Sony VAIO VGN-UX280P UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC) from a buddy of mine that gave me an offer I couldn’t refuse. Well, he didn’t have to try that hard – if someone is selling a gadget around me I am sure to buy it.

The Sony VAIO VGN-UX280P is one of the smallest UMPC’s around, you can fit it in a case and wear it on your belt, or even shove it into the leg pocket of a pair of cargo pants.

An ultra portable PC like this could potentially be the ultimate “laptop” for Independent Travelers, it is only one pound and the size of four packs of playing cards 5.9 x 3.75 x 1.5 inches (WxHxD)



I am going to test this wile I am traveling over the next two months and report on it in a series of articles from around the world. So stay tuned for more…

Next Stop, Dubai! - Really fast Wi-Fi in the airport there!

http://theprofessionaladventurer.com/so ... lers-tool/


~JITW

[svizzerams]

I've looked at those and think they are pretty cool. I just don't need one at the moment (damnit anyway). I wish Apple would make something like that. I like the OS better than Vista. I have a Sony Clie UX-50 - which is more of an elaborate PDA (palm OS) - about 1/4 the size of the model you are using. It had a keyboard and wifi connectivity - I used it for work - used it to sync my patients with the hospital systems and kept a drug data base on it.

[JamesInTheWorld]

I wish Apple would make something like that.

I believe that Apple is working on a PDA again because the Defense Department is looking to upgrade everything that is currently running windows CE – I read something about it last year.

So an apple PDA is probably on its way already - I just hope it uses solid sate memory, not apple's crappy Mini-hard drives

I've looked at those and think they are pretty cool. I just don't need one at the moment (damnit anyway).

Also: I don’t need one ether, but an engineer I work with was selling it for less than a grand still in the box so I "had" to buy it

So far it is way cool


~JITW

[shivers]

I still have a Newton.

[JamesInTheWorld]

That and a ladies blazer with padded shoulders and you would look groovy!



~JITW