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Sony VGP-CKP1/B VAIO Leather Carrying Case for P Series Lifestyle PC (Black)

List Price: $89.99 Price: $74.36 You Save: $15.63 (17%)

Product Details Protects from scratches and dings Designed exclusively for the VAIO P Series Lifestyle PC Compatible with P Series Lifestyle PC using Extended Capacity battery Color leather perfectly complements your P Series notebook

Product Description

Meant for on-the-go protection, the VGP-CKP1/B protective case is the perfect match for your Onyx Black or Outstanding example Black VAIO P Series Lifestyle PC. Constructed of gorgeous black leather, this case has a suitable magnetic closure for easy insertion and removal of your notebook. Built to shelter your Lifestyle PC from dings and bumps, this case can be carried on its own, or as extra protection inside a larger moving case.

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Customer Reviews

Disadvantageous
I find the specimen hard and the design could have been made better. Stitches are on the outside. It lacks finesse. I have apartment phone cases that have a much nicer and expensive looking feel.

2010-01-21 | ricktech (Naugatuck, CT, US) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 2

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Its ok. Legitimate not convenient
Ok, this situation is well made and of a good quality leather. The problem I have with it is that once you have put your Sony Vaio in the cover - you need to stick your fingers in and try fasten upon the protective feld that covers the top of the laptop - and this is just a mission. Also - there is no place for anything else. So while it is a sensuous looking cover it just isn't as convenient as others. But that been said - if I was walking around with JUST my laptop (significance no power cable - that means only 2 hours of battery life) then this would be my 1st choice. I am incredibly sure the extended battery wouldn't fit in here either.

2009-11-05 | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 3

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Very accessible and great case.
I bought this VAIO leather means of transport case for my VAIO P-series netbook. The outside surface is pretty hard leather and in prison is real soft. It has a little cover where the opening is, to cover it up. Opening is made with winning so it is very handy to open and close. It fits VAIO P perfectly, but don't fit with the large capacity freestyle. I think this product is very good and also with luxury style.

2009-02-08 | HaMa (Manhattan) | Helpful Votes: 4 | Rating: 4

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Sony VAIO Lifestyle VGN-P688E/R 8-Inch Laptop - Red

List Price: $999.99

Product Details Intel Processor (1.33GHz) 2GB of RAM & built-in Bluetooth technology 64GB Serial ATA Solid State Drive & Integrated Mobile Broadband Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit

Product Description

Your portal to the time, the fashionable VAIO P Series Lifestyle PC delivers your entertainment and computing in a single go-anywhere design. Features like built-in sensitive broadband and real-time GPS functionality tell only a partial story. The bottom employ c queue up is that this chic little 1.4lb (with standard battery) computing sidekick will be bound for b assault a perfect fit with your life, whether it’s for business, pleasure, or both.

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About the volume of a business envelope and roughly as thin as a cell phone, the Sony VAIO P Series Lifestyle PC weighs good 1.4 pounds and is small enough to slip into a jacket pocket or handbag. But more than only offering easy mobility, the Lifestyle PC is packed full of advanced computing, communication, and fingers on capabilties. It comes with the Windows Vista Home Premium operating system, supporting employment applications and all the software programs routinely found in full-size notebooks. This version of the Lifestyle PC (exemplar P688E/R) comes in garnet red, but it's also available emerald green, onyx black, gem white, and gold.

The Sony VAIO P Series Lifestyle PC in garnet red.

A built-in webcam lets you video talk with friends, family and colleagues practically anywhere you go.

The Lifestyle PC's keyboard is precisely engineered to elaborate the typing area with ingeniously-spaced keys for both long fingernails and big hands.

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The Lifestyle PC incorporates built-in wireless WAN 3G Transportable Broadband, 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technologies. You can toggle among various wireless options for the most economic connection--Wi-Fi for working at a coffee shop; Bluetooth for peripherals; and Mobile Broadband help on the Verizon Wireless nationwide network when traveling outside the reach of hotspots (investment required). It also incorporates real-time GPS functionality, making it easy to find restaurants, hotels or notable sites of interest. Destinations can be found by simply typing in an address or keyword and then following the disposition-by-turn directions.

The high-resolution, backlit 8-inch ultra-wide XBRITE-ECO unveil provides razor-sharp viewing on the go. It's powered by a 1.33 GHz Intel processor and includes a 64 GB steady state drive for faster read/write times and greater toughness, memory expansion via Memory Stick media and Secure Digital (SD) remembrance cards, and 2 GB of RAM (maximum capacity), and Windows Vista Home Basic operating system (32-bit). Other features embody a Motion Eye webcam (with omnidirectional microphone) integrated into the to right corner of the flourish bezel for easy video chats, two USB ports, and a VGA port for connecting to an outer monitor. The unit features up to four hours of battery life with the included guideline capacity battery and eight hours with the large capacity battery (sold independently).

This Sony notebook is Energy Star 4.0 certified, and has received a Silver EPEAT label for meeting standards to help reduce its environmental impact. Additionally, it is RoHS-meeting the requirements, effectively reducing the environmental impact by restricting the use of lead, mercury and sure other hazardous substances.

Key Features

• 8-inch XBRITE-ECO LED-backlit screen with 1600 x 768-pixel heinous-def resolution (Learn more)
• 1.33 GHz Intel processor with 512 KB L2 cache and 533 MHz front-side bus (FSB)
• 64 GB stout state drive is free of moving parts and designed to last longer than a normal spinning hard drive. Plus, solid state drives are almost two times faster than agreed drives.
• 2 GB of RAM (533 MHz) maximizes capacity
• Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 500 with up to 760 MB of shared video thought
• Built-in real-time GPS lets you navigate even the most unfamiliar places with peace--no internet connection required. (Learn more)
• MOTION EYE webcam and microphone lets you instantly snap photos and video chat with friends and family.
• Verizon Wireless Unstationary Broadband Built-In for constant connection on the go and no additional wireless card needed (broadband internet use required).
• Draft-N Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g/n) for greater speed and range
• Bluetooth 2.1 connectivity enables you to associate with and synchronize with Bluetooth-enabled peripherals such as PDAs and cell phones as well as make merry wireless stereo music streaming (thanks to its embedded A2DP profile).
• Intel Extreme Definition Audio with headphone output
• Microsoft Windows Vista About Premium (32-bit) operating system (Learn more)
• Up to 4 hours of battery life
• Dimensions: 9.7 x 4.8 x 0.8 inches (WxDxH)
• Heaviness: 1.4 pounds
• Warranty: 1-year limited hardware warranty, and 1-year of excise-free telephone technical assistance (a 1-year international service map out is also available).

Networking, Connectivity & Expansion
Enjoy easy wireless networking with the integrated tri-manner Atheros Draft-N wireless LAN (compatible with 802.11b/g/n wireless networks). Based on the block out 802.11n Wi-Fi specification, it offers up to five times the performance and twice the wireless span as existing 802.11g wireless. It's also backward compatible with 802.11b/g networks (equally found in home routers and wi-fi hotspots). It comes with the following external connectors:

• 2 USB 2.0 ports for connecting a off the target range of peripherals--from digital cameras to MP3 players
• Analog video harvest: 1 VGA
• 1 I/O port
• 1 headphone jack
• Memory Stick Duo media channel with MagicGate functionality
• Secure Digital card slot (compatible with MMC media)

What's in the box
This case contains the Sony VAIO Lifestyle VGN-P688E/R laptop, standard capacity rechargeable battery (VGPBPS15/B), AC adapter, power line, 2 spare pointing stick caps, printed user directions.

It also comes with the following software: Norton Internet Security 2009 (30-day exploratory), Microsoft Works SE 9.0, VAIO Media plus multimedia streaming software

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8-Inch Peak-Definition XBRITE-ECO Display

You'll enjoy razor-sharp graphics and widescreen pictures with the 8-inch display, which offers a 1600 x 768 widescreen resolution. The XBRITE-ECO technology (with LED backlighting) delivers renowned colors and stunning clarity with efficient power usage, and it features an resilient-reflective coating to minimize reflection and ensure a beautifully clear spit from any viewing angle. Video is powered by the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 500 integrated graphics piece, which uses shared video memory (up to 760 MB allocated from the system memory). It's like-minded with external monitor resolutions up to 1600 x 1200. The Lifestyle PC also sports an integrated audio pasteboard with Intel High Definition Audio and a headphone jack.

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VAIO Lifestyle PC Innovations

A absolute GPS solution.

You don't need an Internet connection (in the U.S. or Canada) with the real-time GPS functionality. Proper step outside and type in where you want to go. You'll get turn-by-turn directions displayed -karat on the map--it's that simple. Other navigation features include real-time tracking of your going round location, the ability to search by address, keyword or points of interest, estimated enthusiasm times to your desired location and points of interest, such as restaurants and hotels within 50 miles of your situation.

Engineered to provide the feel of a larger notebook, the VAIO Lifestyle PC provides a convenient typing ordeal by extending the keyboard to the perimeters of the chassis maximizing the typing area. The spacing between keys has also been engineered to support reduce typing mistakes making it perfect for long fingernails.

When you have more than a few travel document or web pages open at once, your screen can get a little chaotic. But thanks to a special window planning utility, you can organize them all with one simple touch. Press a button and watch as all your unqualified windows are presented side-by-side on a single screen, cutting clutter and giving you a inexperienced perspective on your workspace.

The unit also has an instant-mode option that launches entirely into Sony's Xross Media Bar interface--the same intuitive system found on the PLAYSTATION 3 and select BRAVIA HDTVs--so you can like mad boot up and access music, video, photos and the Web. A built-in webcam lets you video chit-chat with family, friends and colleagues.

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Windows Vista Home Premium Operating System

Windows Vista About Premium (32-bit version) is the operating system for users with advanced computer needs, and it includes all of the Windows Media Forefront capabilities for turning your PC into an all-in-one home entertainment center for watching DVD movies and accessing your digital audio library. You can also use Windows Media Forefront to record and watch your favorite TV shows (even HDTV) and to access new kinds of online distraction content. Computers that include Windows Vista Home Premium and an supplementary Windows SideShow display will also allow you to access key data even when your computer is off. It is also easier than ever to stake files between other PCs in your household and to manage your laptop computer settings to more securely connect via Wi-Fi.

Every copy of Windows Vista provides the essential tools and technologies to help safeguard you whether you are browsing the Internet, connecting to a wireless network, or just reading e-despatch. All editions of Windows Vista include new tools that can warn you of impending arms failures long before you have lost any important personal data. And, all Windows Vista editions encompass parental control features that allow you to manage and monitor your family's use of games, the Internet, pressing messaging, and other activities.

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Customer Reviews

assess is everything
looks like Sony is upsetting to botch the netbook market like they did with the mp3 player. Too expensive for less performance, then you can get for 1/2 the price. Sony is turning into the GMC of electronics. Go with ASUS, or ACER.

2010-02-05 | housing crash is ending (sunnyvale,ca.) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 1

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Ardour it for the size not for the perfomance
This is a marvellous product, in winodws 7 it perform ok, you have to keep in mind is a very small net book made for email et photo storage in a vacation , it like it do the job, do not repay your home computer whit this...but think if it like a speare tire,


rated 4-5

2010-01-11 | Jazzman (Montreal, Canada) | Helpful Votes: 2 | Rating: 4

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Passionate little laptop for travel; bit pricy and perhaps discontinued?
Article as advertised and no problems with purchase/delivery issues. Best price I could find for this particular.

2010-01-11 (Anaheim, CA USA) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5

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Labourers! Some techie should put LINUX on this
This catastrophe would be a great opportunity for some LINUX techie--
buy up all the castoff units at 10% of retail; disciple to a decent fullfeature LINUX OS;
sell for 50% of retail !!!
Anyone listening? Sony?

2009-12-16 | TX2346 (Hope, CA) | Helpful Votes: 3 | Rating: 1

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You'll buy it for looks; absolutely not worth the tag.
Maybe I got a windfall, but Sony's so-called "full laptop" computer in an 8" form factor is like trying to run Vista on your mom's old P3. Scout's honour, this thing absolutely crawls. All this would be acceptable were it not for the very mediocre battery life (think of 4 hours, I couldn't even manage 2 with moderately heavy use), when any other netbook (that's right, netbook) for well under partly the price outperforms it in battery life AND performance. Ironic; the 1.33Ghz processor remarkably is a step down from the 1.66Ghz Atoms in netbooks, despite what I've been told to the contrary about the several "architecture."

But that's just on the hardware front. It powers on fast enough, but right from the get-go you're slammed with masses of bloatware and tons of programs that are slow to load into memory, one after the other (that's right, it's not even a dual insides). These can be uninstalled--though not cleanly, as they leave some registry junk data behind. But there's little that can be done about yet another software-cognate problem: drivers. The video driver on here is one of the worst experiences I've had to date with video displays. HD video was an unmitigated disaster, even though the chipset (google "Poulsbo" or GMA500) claims it to be able to decode 720p HD video. So when I tried to be a party to b manipulate a simple HQ youtube vid (not even HD) and met with stuttering far worse than my friend's Asus Eee PC, which cost about 350, I was understandably interfere with. As for the faster disk drive with the SSD, this may be true. But when you can't run even basic productivity apps at full advance, any HD speed increase was unnoticeable. My Eee for instance has a conventional "slow" HD but gets the job done (except for doubling-up files) much more quickly.

A lot of this might be Vista's fault. But before you think of downgrading to the faster, lighter XP, let me caution you--you'll have even more issues with Sony's drivers. Linux? Forget about it; Intel's Poulsbo drivers are in a pitiful magnificence there too. When the most appealing attribute of the system--the hi-res screen, mind you--is nearly unusable with any other options, one can't forbear but feel a bit ripped off. The webcam's quality isn't very good (the Eee wins again), and the WWan (travelling broadband) is locked to Verizon, so don't think about other companies unless you "unlock" the flake: more time and trouble. The wireless-N support is supposed to be great, but it was dodgy on my retreat network (maybe it was just my unit or config...or vista, but again, my other devices worked champion). They keyboard and ergonomics are fine, but again, the only good words for this unit, for this cost out, are surface-deep.

Parting advice: the reviews on this "Lifestyle PC" are low for good reason. I in the final analysis wish I'd seen Amazon's reviews earlier. (This unit wasn't from Amazon but from Sony themselves).

2009-11-04 (Mpls, MN USA) | Helpful Votes: 20 | Rating: 1

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