The VAIO P from Sony is the company’s entrant into the net­book space. There are high expec­ta­tions for the VAIO P. Engadget took it for a spin and found the key­board to be “… a lit­tle bit light and shal­low for our tastes, but good as far as most ‘net­books’ go.” The ‘nip­ple’ that you’ve seen before is very sen­si­tive but can be cal­i­brated to suit your tastes. The $900 price tag is a bit on the expen­sive side but there was a “stan­dard amount of Sony build qual­ity” accord­ing to Paul Miller at Engadget. The VAIO P was so light­weight that and seemed almost like a “mock-up device”.

The VAIO P is billed as the world’s light­est 8″ net­book at just 1.4lbs. The bat­tery is rated for four hours but with the optional high-capacity bat­ter you can up that to 8 hours. GPS, WiFi N, 3G and Bluetooth are all there. Instant-on mode? Yes and gets you straight to Sony’s Xross Media Bar. The VAIO P will be avail­able in February 2009 in four col­ors: gar­net red, emer­ald green, onyx black and crys­tal white. I’ll take the black one.

There are more pic­tures at the Engadget post as well as a cou­ple of videos.

[tags]Sony, Sony VAIO P, Sony Netbook, VAIO P[/tags]