Etronicsland Currently Offering Sony’s New VAIO VGNUX380CN Handheld Subnotebook Computers

The Vaio UX-series is a 1.15 pound (520g) Windows Vista machine featuring an Intel Core Solo 1.33ghz processor, every imaginable I/O port (including a port replicator), and a 4.5″ 1024×600 glossy TFT with remarkably high pixel density. In addition to its touchscreen, controls include a slide-out backlit keyboard, mouse controls, magnification, screen capture, and fingerprint reader.

“We recently started selling the SONY VAIO VGNUX380CN handheld subnotebook computers and all our customers have been very satisfied with the diversity of features that this versatile computer has to offer. It is very competitively priced compared to other retailers. Very Fast delivery of these subnotes as with any of the products we offer – it only takes three to five business days to process orders and they arrive in perfect condition,” says Kabiru Kyari, CEO of Etronicsland Online.

With the SONY VAIO VGNUX380CN handheld subnotebook computer system, one gets the ultimate mobile device. The VAIO® UX-Series lets you enjoy ultimate freedom and flexibility to live, work, and play on-the-go thanks to the Intel® Centrino® Mobile Technology inside.

The VAIO® VGN-UX380CN is designed as a fully powered PC in a remarkably compact and stylish chasis. This processing dynamo is the definition of productivity on the go. With a 4.5” wide SVGA (1024×600) display with XBRITE™ LCD technology, the VAIO UX380 offers stunning clarity and detail, despite its small stature. The UX’s compact architecture is ideal for the heavy traveler, business man or woman on the go, or those simply looking for a hand held solution.

The VAIO® VGN-UX380CN comes with a supplied Docking Station for home use. Featuring LAN, USB, iLink, A/V and monitor outputs, the VAIO® VGN-UX380CN is ideal for home use. Manage your day-to-day computing from the comfort of your home with the UX-Series computer without sacrificing ultra-portability.

DLNA is an acronym for Digital Living Networking Alliance. The Sony VAIO® VGN-UX380CN is a DLNA certified device ensuring its interoperability and communications with other consumer electronics devices including your Cyber-Shot® camera or other Sony Media devices with DLNA support.

Through the application of Internet Protocol (IPv4) technology, all your computing and electronics equipment allows for seamless transparency of applications being run on connected devices. DLNA ensure that VAIO® VGN-UX380P is the centre of your home electronics network.

The palm sized UX comes Windows Vista™ enabled ensuring you the most up-to-date computing experience. Visually stunning and intuitive computing, Windows Vista™ delivers innovations in organizing and finding information, security, and reliability. See files or applications easily and focus on what needs to be done. And because this is a full-functioning PC using the OS you already know, application user interfaces are familiar and easy to use.

For more information contact:

Jamila Kyari
Etronicsland
Media Relations
jamila@etronicsland.com

WiFi Explained – What is WiFi?

Wifi is also known as wi-fi, short (confusingly enough) as “wireless fidelity”. The official name for this is 802.11 and depending on what version of the wireless networking you’re using, it’s either 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g or the newest, 802.11n. The basic difference? Speed. “g” is faster than “a” and “b” and “n” is faster than all of ’em.

Having said that, the two most common are ‘b’ and ‘g’, I have to say, and for the most part, devices that work with one of the protocols work with both. However, there are some wrinkles in this too. For example, the Sony Playstation Portable (PSP) has wi-fi capabilities, but it’s only 802.11b, which is a constant problem for people who are trying to access an 802.11g network, because they aren’t interoperable. Translated, if you have a unit that only speaks ‘b’ and a transmitter that only works with ‘g’, you can’t get them to work together.

Now, let’s talk a bit about how wireless networking works. Best to think that it’s like a radio, with a base station / transmitter and a receiver. In a typical configuration, the wireless base station is hooked up directly to the network connection via Ethernet cables (your cable modem, for example), and the receiver is a laptop with either built-in or card-based wireless capabilities.

Wireless has a typical range of 100-200 yards, depending on obstacles and interference, which means that in a typical house you can put the base station just about anywhere and get good coverage throughout. In my neighborhood, I can not only see my own wireless network, but I can also see about four other networks that our neighbors have running!

If you’re paying attention, you should be realizing that you’ll need to buy an additional unit to get your new Palm PDA hooked up to the Internet that you have coming into your house: you need a base unit.

Before you buy a wifi base unit, however, make double-sure that it’s the same version of wi-fi (‘b’, ‘g’, etc.) as your PDA. Let’s assume that you’re talking about the nifty Palm LifeDrive, in which case you can quickly learn from the Amazon info page that it supports “Built-in WiFi 802.11b and Bluetooth 1.1 wireless”. There ya go, it’s only a ‘b’ (or 802.11b) device. Very important to know before you start base station shopping!

To find a compatible base station, you need to ensure that you narrow down your search to either those base stations that are only ‘b’ or, better, are both ‘b’ and ‘g’ compatible. (why better? Because when you get newer devices, you’ll be able to use the same base station)

Another Electronics Newsletter