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April 16, 2007: Benchmark battle: Sony Vaio UX180P vs. Samsung Q1P
Comments: 1 | Categories: Features / Samsung / Sony / UMPC / UX180P
Are you one of those people who can look at the names of two different processors and know immediately which one is more powerful? I'm not. That's why when I got my Samsung Q1P in December, I expected it to...

October 13, 2006: Vaio UX180P extended battery: Part 2
Comments: 2 | Categories: Reviews / Sony / UX180P
Now that you've seen the extended battery for the Sony Vaio UX series, it's time to check out its performance. Using the same parameters from my reviews of the standard battery, I ran several drain tests under various usage scenarios...

October 11, 2006: Vaio UX180P: Cingular EDGE woes
Comments: 7 | Categories: Sony / UX180P
When I decided to sign up with Cingular to access its EDGE network on my UX180P, I was already well aware of the cost advantages of unlocking the UX and using my exisiting T-Mobile SIM card. But since Cingular offers...

October 5, 2006: Vaio UX180P on vacation
Comments: 2 | Categories: Reviews / Sony / UX180P
An obvious advantage of the Sony UX series over, say, a subnotebook or UMPC is its size. Unlike any other gadget running a full version of Windows XP, the UX Micro PC is so small and light that I carried...

October 1, 2006: Vaio UX180P extended battery: Part 1
Comments: 3 | Categories: Reviews / Sony / UX180P
In my 3-part UX180P standard battery review, I spent well over 100 hours charging/draining the included li-ion battery (VGP-BPS6) to basically just confirm Sony's stated rating of 2.5 hours. Now, thanks to the kindness of a reader known to many...

September 29, 2006: UX180P stand now available (sort of)
Comments: 0 | Categories: Accessories / Sony / UX180P
Two weeks after I wrote about several alternatives to the plastic carrying stand that isn't included with the UX180P, a Micro PC Talk forum member shared an email he received from Sony's Direct Accessories & Parts Center stating that the...

September 16, 2006: Vaio UX180P: Gripes and grievances
Comments: 6 | Categories: Reviews / Sony / UX180P
Since the day my UX180P moved in, I've spent a pretty indecent amount of time exploring its features and hardware components. To say that I'm obsessed with the device is certainly an understatement (check the reviews listed in the sidebar...

September 6, 2006: Save $300 on the UX180P
Comments: 4 | Categories: Sony / UX180P
Head over to Staples before Saturday (9/9) to take advantage of a $200 instant savings on the Sony Vaio UX180P Micro PC. Enter the coupon code 55061 at checkout for an additional $100 off! But before you reach for your...

August 30, 2006: Not again! Did Sony pull a Sony?
Comments: 2 | Categories: Sony / UX180P
Just months after its release, the UX180P has been discontinued! Well, not officially, but that's what it looks like. Head on over to SonyStyle and you'll see that the micro PC is no longer available. Searches for the device at...