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Sony to launch new type of multimedia computer in June
(Asia In Focus Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)SEOUL, May 29 Asia in Focus - Japanese electronics giant SONY CORP. (TSE:6758) will launch a new type of multimedia computer in June, featuring enhanced portability and various multimedia functions, its Korean unit said Monday. "The VAIO model is the smallest and slightest pocket type computer in the world," Yoon Yeoeul, president of Sony Korea, said at a press conference in Seoul.
* The model is also equipped with a slide-type keyboard, touch screen, wireless LAN and other multimedia features including digital multimedia broadcasting, global positioning system, and voice over Internet protocol (VoIP), he noted.
* Earlier this month, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. (KSE:005930), MICROSOFT CORP. and INTEL CORP. jointly launched sales of an ultra-slim mobile PC named SENS Q1, heating up competition in the market for mobile PCs, frequently called ultra mobile PCs, here in South Korea.
SUMMARY
Sony to launch new type of multimedia computer in June, with various multimedia functions, enhanced portability
ASIA IN FOCUS
29-05 1704
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