(BSNS WIRE) Sony's VAIO PictureBook First to Market
With Transmeta's Crusoe Sony's VAIO PictureBook First to Market With
Transmeta's Crusoe Processor
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 2000--
New Processor Nearly Doubles the Battery Life
of VAIO PictureBook PC for up to 5 1/2 Hours(a) of Mobile Use Sony Electronics
today announced that its new VAIO(R) PictureBook C1VN notebook computer will
feature the Crusoe(TM) processor, whose energy-saving capabilities will
substantially enhance the popular notebook PC's battery life. With the new C1VN
model expected to ship next month, Sony is slated to be the first to bring the
benefits of the Crusoe processor to U.S. consumers. "With Sony's VAIO PC line,
we're constantly enhancing the consumer's PC experience by providing the world's
most robust technologies in stylish, ultra-light and compact form-factors," said
Mark Hanson, vice president and general manager for VAIO PC products at Sony
Electronics.
"At just 2.2 pounds, the PictureBook is light weight. Couple
that with the enhanced battery life Sony is experiencing with Crusoe and
consumers get more productive mobile time and greater flexibility in how they
use their notebooks. With this technology, there's no reason to be tethered to a
power cord or searching for an AC adapter." In addition to substantially
improved battery life, the PictureBook features a new built-in progressive scan
camera for better digital still and video images and a full complement of
digital video editing software, making it one of the market's smallest, most
powerful business computing and digital video editing systems. Among the
PictureBook's full suite of office and entertainment applications is Sony's
MovieShaker(TM) -- a fun, simple application for producing digital home movies,
complete with transitions, effects and music -- Intuit Quicken(R) 2000,
QuickTime (TM), Microsoft(R) Word 2000 and Adobe's Photo Deluxe(R), Business
Edition. Also featured are additional Sony applications, including DVgate(TM)
and PictureGear(TM), which allow users to capture full motion digital video and
still photography for dynamic multimedia presentations -- or even video e-mail.
PictureGear(TM) allows for enhanced management of digital content - both sound
and video files. Users can visually organize and manage personal digital content
collections including still images, digital video clips, MP3 files and much
more.
In addition to the super-fast 600 MHz(b) Crusoe Processor
and the new progressive-scan CCD camera, the VAIO PictureBook has a 12 GB(c)
hard drive, 128 MB of SDRAM -- and a dedicated MagicGate(TM) Memory Stick(R)
media slot for easy storage of downloadable SDMI-compliant music,
high-resolution images and other data. The VAIO PictureBook features Sony's
programmable Jog Dial(TM) control for easy application loading of a host of
user-friendly applications.
The new PictureBook PC begins shipping in October with an
estimated selling price of $2,299(d) The PictureBook will also feature
Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Millennium Edition (Me) operating system. "It's no
surprise that Sony, the company that created the ultralight notebook category,
is first to market with Crusoe," said Dave Ditzel, chief executive officer,
Transmeta. "Unlike other microprocessors, Crusoe uses an innovative 'smart
layer' of software to perform functions normally done in hardware on a chip.
This fundamental, unique design difference allows Crusoe to be smaller, run
cooler and be more power-efficient than traditional microprocessors."
Page 1: Sony VAIO C1VN Picture Book Specs
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