For the Road Warrior: Sony Vaio TT and Dell’s M109S Pocket Projector

Sony has a knack of running for a fastbreak on it’s own.  And again, Sony attacks the offence with a small notebook with a Blu-Ray drive.  And not content with that, it also uses flash memory drives on a RAID.  This may be a small computer but it it’s peripherals puts it on a class of its own.

The Sony Vaio TT, has an 11.1-inch widescreen display and full HD output via HDMI ports.  As mentioned, it uses Blu-Ray disks, not just playing high definition video but also storing data and video to BD disks.

With dual-channel 256GB (128GB x 2) solid-state drives with RAID, data integrity should not be a problem, and it also allows for fast boot-ups.

Prices start at $2,000 and will be available starting in autumn.

Meantime, Dell released a $499 pocket projector.  The Dell M109S SVGA pocket projector weighs in at 0.8 pounds, and can fit snugly on the palm of a hand.  With a maximum 88.5 ANSI Lumens and a resolution of 858×600 pixels, this goes nicely with a Dell Latitude or Vostro laptop.  It goes so well, it also uses the same model power adapter as the Latitude or Vostro.

As pocket-sized projectors go, this unit can project up to 94.5 inches away.  That’s almost 8 feet distant, just enough space from the table to the wall in a small meeting room.  The clincher is the mercury-free LED light source which is expected to last four years of normal use.

The main concern with any portable projector has always been the bulb.  I remember when Compaq first came out with their mini-projector, it came with an extra bulb.  Now with LEDs as light source, burn out shouldn’t be much of a problem.  A side-effect of this is that LEDs do not burn hot and use a lot less power than regular projector bulbs.

Source:  Sony Vaio TT

Source:  Dell M109S SVGA pocket projector