Sony Accidentally Leaks Details on Future Netbook

You know, sometimes it's not exactly easy for one of the world's biggest consumer electronics manufacturers to bow down his (collective) head in shame and admit that it has made a bad marketing decision. That's now the case with Sony, who, after doing pretty much everything in its power in order to avoid getting anywhere near the netbook subject, has decided to finally accept the popularity of these ultra-portable computing systems and launch one of their own.

A few days ago, the company posted a teaser clip on their Japanese website, featuring an envelope-like form factor and some hints regarding mobility. And that was probably all they were going to do until CES, but, for some reason (either a technical error or an interesting marketing approach) they've also leaked some technical information on their SonyStyle website. Unfortunately, this issue lasted for only a couple of hours, after which Sony pulled the respective page.

Hence, as Sony Insider informs us, the new netbook will be a part of a series called Vaio P (from pocket), and, as far as the design will be concerned, will resemble quite a lot the company's current TT family. Apparently, it will also be available in three different versions from the color point of view, namely red, black and white.

The leaked tech specs for the P series
The leaked technical info, though, is pretty unimpressive, since it's an excerpt from what can only be described as an "universal netbook tech specs list". So, apparently, the new Vaio P model will be equipped with an 1.33ghz Intel processor (can you spell A-T-O-M?) used for running the Windows Vista (Home Premium or Basic) operating systems, as well as with an 8-inch LED display, capable of attaining a maximum resolution of 1600x768 pixels. Furthermore, there will be two different storage options, in the form of a 60 GB HDD or an 128 GB SSD.

Of course, no pricing and availability details were made public, but given Sony usual pricing policy, the future Vaio P netbook will most likely be more expensive than any of its competitors (which, however, would be a rather bad decision right now).