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Sony started entering netbook market with Sony Vaio W. The netbook based on an Intel Atom N280 processor running at 1.66GHz, the same used by many other manufacturers of ultra chipset and integrated Intel GMA 950 graphics.

Like most of the netbooks, the Vaio W has a 10-inch LCD screen with 16:9 aspect ratio, Instead the common 1024 x 600 pixels resolution, it has 1366 by 768 pixels. This means that more than one site may be fully sighted on the screen, and users have to scroll down the screen much less than the typical resolution.

Sony planning to use the highest resolution of the display of its new netbook as a key to differentiate Vaio W from other market. It also promotes the touch panel of the netbook, which is roughly the same size that can be found in a conventional laptop.

In Japan, the Sony Vaio W netbook cost about 60,000 yen (630 dollars), which is just in line with prices of netbooks from other Japanese manufacturers like Toshiba and Fujitsu, but more expensive machines that foreign manufacturers like Dell and Acer .
The Vaio W measured 27 by 18 by 2.7 centimeters. Use Windows XP operating system comes with 1GB of memory, a 160GB hard drive at 5400 RPM, two USB ports, 802.11a/b/g wireless LAN and Bluetooth technology.

At the top of the screen includes a webcam and a memory card reader built with support for Memory Stick Duo / SD.

The  battery offers 3.5 life hours.

The Sony Vaio W netbook will be available in white, pink and brown in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain and Russia from August, and may be purchased from Sony’s online store. Although no information on when it will be available for the American market.