Sony releases new VAIO series 8-inch screen notebook. Sony claims this to be the World’s lightest 8-inch notebook. It is about the thickness of a mobile phone, which means it can be easily fitted in your coat pocket.

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Sony claims that this notebook weights just 1.8lbs. It has an unbelievable resolution of 1600 x 768. The screen is a glossy XBRITE-ECO variety.

Sony VAIO P has cool wireless features such as Wi-Fi 802.11n, BlueTooth and Verizon WWAN.

The VAIO P comes with an Intel Atom Z processor clocked at 1.33GHz with 512KB Cache. It has a Built-in RAM which is 2GB and the OS that comes along with it is Windows Vista. Sony VAIO introduced an instant-on lite OS called Sony XRoss media bar that allows you to surf the web, play music and view media files without booting into Windows.

The VAIO P will start at $900 and be available in four colors: Onyx Black, Emerald Green, Garnet Red, Crystal White. Sony is not attaching the name “netbook” to the VAIO P interestingly . As with the VAIO U, a dongle is needed to support monitor out and LAN ports.