Oh shiny. Deep red metalic sexy computer that fits in my pocket.

Um really? Do I want a laptop that fits in my pocket? I may need a new handbag to put it in.

On the internet the new sony P series looks amazing but that may be the photoshoped shiny images.

In real life I wasn't so sure. Either side of the screen are tacky half inch bars of plastic. I can work out why they are there - the keyboard was made large enough to be good for typing (which I like) but the screen size had already been set. The widescreen 1600x768 screen is good but its just rather a shame that its surroundings are a tad tacky. There must be a better use for that space. When I get mine I need to find some good stickers ...

So screen I don't like. Keyboard I do like. Size I definately like (have an appropriate bag lined up to buy as well). Joystick nipple navigation I definately don't like. But for the sake of size I can put up with the lack of a touch pad as long as there is an appropriately cute, small bluetooth mouse. At only 638kg I can put up with a lot of things.

With wifi, 3g mobile, bluetooth and gps I will be permanently connected to everything in the world (maybe my iphone is redundant ...) But beware privacy wary celebrities who fancy buying this - theoretically your laptop could be tracked. Hmm - for me that may be useful. I want to be able to track all of my belongings with GPS as I keep loosing them. (Anyone seen my ipod??)

And the operating system. Vista? Windows 7? No I want to try installing ubuntu of coarse. From a brows of blogs it seems to be possible. Not necessarily entirely succesful. But if anyone wants to lend me a P series I shall certainly try it out!

For 849 pounds for 60GB HHD and 1368 for 128GB SSD it certainly doesn't fit into the "netbook" category. Netbooks generally seem to be small, cheap, slow and cluncky. It doesn't quite fit into the laptop category either. I can imagine it in my hand bag. It certainly is a fasion statement. But is it going to actually be useful?