14 DAY TRIAL // You might remember that not so long ago Sony decided to let go of its VAIO laptop line and sold it off, in an attempt to reground and focus on its mobile business.
As we told you a few months ago, the VAIO brand is not dead but alive and kicking, as the Japanese company taking over the brand launched two new laptops which were basically flat out copycats of the VAIO Pro and VAIO Fit notebooks.
VAIO's new tablet has been designed for productivity
Now, at the Adobe Max 2014 presentation this week, VAIO is showing up a tablet PC prototype which wants to attract the eyes of those enamored with products such as the Microsoft Surface Pro 3.
VAIO isn’t selling the tablet just yet, but even when the high-end laptop does make a debut into the wild, it’s highly unlikely that it will sell anywhere else except Japan.
As SlashGear reports, those residing in Japan will be able to pick one up eventually for about $1,830 / €1,450 – a hefty price, but we shouldn't be too surprised given that electronics tend to be quite expensive in the country.
The tablet arrives with a 12.3-inch display and offers the advanced resolution of 2560 x 1704 pixel resolution. The hybrid apparently takes advantage of a quad-core Intel Core series processor, but we’re not being told whether it is from the Haswell or Broadwell family, but hopefully it would be from the latter.
Other specifications include Intel Iris Pro graphics, 2 USB 3.0 ports, HDMI and DisplayPort, mini Ethernet jack, SDXC card reader and a headset jack.
The new VAIO hybrid arrives with accessories
On top of all we just told you, the new VAIO hybrid also arrives with a pressure-sensitive digital pen for writing or drawing. Being designed as a Surface Pro 3 competitor, the VAIO tablet also takes advantage of a keyboard to help users boost up their productivity levels.
The keyboard part is not a dock like in the ASUS Transformer Book series, but can act as a standalone piece, existing in the vicinity of the display.
From the promo images, it looks a lot like a miniature desktop of sorts and that’s the idea VAIO and Adobe are pushing, aiming to show users the tablet might be considered a worthy desktop replacement.
With this model, VAIO is basically re-using the VAIO Tap 11 blueprint. The product was also a tablet/laptop which used to run Windows and took advantage of a pen and a keyboard. But the new model seems to be more powerful and also looks sleeker to behold.
