There is something else about This device (That I'd love to see covered): It came with an everything-mediaplayer-browser-appmanager called Microsoft Origami, which had a touch UI. By 2007 it had many Windows 8 features such as the Picture password, lockscreen, and live tiles, as well as an android-like app UI, and a touch keyboard. I'm sure copies of Microsoft Origami exist somewhere online.
I was severely tempted by one of these back in 2006. I was 20, serving in the Army, and stationed in South Korea. I got extra income from not being able to bring my family with me (haha, I was single) and to feed myself, instead of eating at a dining facility. The Post Exchange had one on display, and I had cash to burn. I never quite justified it, I had a PSP and a Viao laptop. But it was portable to a guy who mostly wore Pants with cargo pockets, lol. Watching this brought back memories of the year overseas, and makes me wish I had one to play around with now.
I saw the OQO model one on a museum once, came home and order one for around 200 dlls and I still have it, it works great except for the battery but the computer it self has AutoCADand it works great!! I love that lil one!
That would be insane. Price inflation would bring it up to $3000 for a base model and to be honest sony would not risk putting out a product that expensive and very few people buying it
@@cssplayer91 Maybe not to this particular form factor, but there has been a pretty good solution. Check out the GPD Win 2. Sans cameras, this has been my daily portable driver. A remarkable machine.
I used this as my main computer for a long long time. I had external monitors at the university and at home. I would do my programming homeworks on this. I was able to compile programs pretty well. Also having a computer open with you during class was really useful.
I did the same with an ultra slim laptop (I just plugged in external monitor/keyboard and mouse). It ran fine for years and then I sold it. Laptops tend to get hot, so I just put a racquetball racquet on my desk and then placed the laptop on top of the racquet, it gave it more more air circulation underneath the computer.
2006: make PC smartphone size, so we can work in vacation time! 2019: make smartphone PC size, so we can work in vacation time! 2029: no vacation anymore, Problem solved!
I actually had this exact model back in 2008. It was amazing! I actually used it to play WoW at the time. There was actually a guy online who was offering to upgrade the CPU to a Duo (dual core!) and upgraded memory. He was a repair guy who was able to re-solder the board. I'd love to see a new version of this.
Every once and a while on eBay someone is selling the modded version. I almost snagged one but the guy wanted 750$. Since I bought my 3 UX380Ns for 200-250$ each I couldn't do it.
The upcoming GDP Win 3 seems to use this design, but i like the design of the older GPD Wins more: liliputing.com/2020/11/gpd-win-3-handheld-gaming-pc-has-a-sliding-display-qwerty-keyboard-and-intel-tiger-lake.html
It’s funny that you say that because I was similarly thinking about when I was a kid I saw I think it was Tom from MySpace post from mobile and I was thinking “wow, he must be rich as hell to afford that”
one phone that was well ahead of its time, this thing was a beast, i remember one of my friends having this thing and i was in absolute shock when i saw this thing, it was remarkable, comes to show sony still makes beast mode products.
@Samuel Thompson say, how did Microsoft try to bridge that gap with Nokia? From what i understand they just tried entering the phone market instead of bridging the gap between handheld and PC.
Indeed it is! Of all the Sony things I have, the only one that failed beyond usability is my DCR-DVD108 camcorder. It first started randomly saying that the DVD door was opened (without it actually opening) and screwing up my DVDs and the screen progressively failing until it completely died and now, because the touch screen doesn't work, I can't finalize DVDs, and thus, can't use it properly.
Just found my PS1 in the loft and it’s the first time I’ve seen it and turned it on in 10 years. The console is from 1995 and still works. My PS2 from 2002 is still in perfect condition and works just as well as the first day I bought it!
Had this thing back in the day. Remember putting in Ubuntu Linux on this and carrying a wireless bluetooth keyboard, playing snes on the train. Carrying it in a tiny satchel bag to University, it was very impressive back in the day.
I had a VAIO UX (Japanese name: VAIO type U). I had a small finger so I could use the keyboard. It had low memory, so I didn't install Vista and continued to use it on XP, but the CPU is powerful and always makes a fan noise. I took it outside and shot a live video. (There was no TH-cam Live at that time) A few years later, I switched it to some smartphones.
It's literally what a phone is nowadays A phone is just a pocket-sized PC orders of magnitude more powerful than anything humanity could build a decade ago
I swear I didn't know too. I think it's because lack of marketing strategies. Now electronic companies should make these things again I really need it.
personally, I HATE how the market moved away from this. it's mostly my fat fingers not working too well with touch screen, but at this point, people bringing extra batteries and power bank where back then they used a separate music player or a pda, is justa shame smartphones are everything there is...
the reason i hate modern equipment is it's boring. EVERYTHING you could possibly need is in a phone. And all phones look the same! And nothing new is being introduced to them, like the newest "advancement in technology (ik i spell that wrong)" is a camera that's blocking your screen real-estate, called a love. Sure, some companies are trying for phones that are oriented for gaming, with gamepad's that attach to the phone, it's of no use if you can't play PC games on it.
@@lonttugamer2939 NOW that's what we want,PC games on portabel gadget with present hardware...(yes i know there's GDP but that's not enough for fair competition)
@@oceanman505 yeah but have you actually played one? I tried GTA San Andreas on mobile with a controller and it was total garbage, you can't aim like in the console versions because it forces the touchscreen autoaim bs on you. Also most games do t support game pads on the phone even to this day. I guess emulators are a good argument, but doesn't fully make up for it.
@@oceanman505 that is very true, Ive seen threads on the internet saying that it's a complete hell developing games for Android because of the way openGL is handled. Basically most phone manufacturers have modified openGL for their own purposes, meaning if you make a game from scratch for a huawei phone, you need to optimise it seperately for every other brand phone. This is handled way better on pc, where there are only 3 main versions of openGL, or one if using directx.
Sony was always ahead of its time. I remember while ppl were playing with the ipod, sony brought out a better device that I could do a lot more than just play songs, then samsung did something similar and then I noticed the iphone came out.
Huh? The iPhone was literally a “pocket size” computer. The iPhone was TOUCHSCREEN. This is not even close to the technology we first saw in the iPhone. Apples and oranges.
Yeah, sometimes their products were just slightly out of sync with the hype by a few months or a year or two, but they always had solid stuff and pushed the boundaries. People credit iPods for portable music but most people know Walkman was the OG.
@@sharonb.9128 True but the iPhone did come out later than this and despite it being admittedly a huge leap in terms of whole package portable computing (usability, capability, form factor combined together etc) it wasn't perfect, it did have some limitations that weren't fixed until later iterations. The mid 2000's saw massive leaps in the tech world, within each year so much would get updated, processors grew in power, costs went down for electronics in general, battery life got much better, screen resolutions improved dramatically. Doesn't mean Sony were beaten by Apple, and it doesn't mean we're trashing Apple. I myself in 2009-2010 had a Vaio P series for proper computing work like typing documents and real web browsing, while my iPhone 3GS was the perfect accompanying device for playing music, watching videos and playing games.
@@G1NZOU you’re missing the point with both the iPhone AND iPod. What’s so starting is that BOTH of these issues are SETTLED! The tech industry itself acknowledges these devices were revolutionary. Awards, accolades and honors to boot. They both WILL be in the Smithsonian. The zombie fantasy that other products existed, but were overlooked has been debunked over and over, but here we are in 2021. What made the iPod revolutionary was not that it played music like the Walkman, but it’s technology and the integration with the iTunes Store. Similarly, Touch technology and I would argue, the App Store also put the iPhone in a different stratosphere. The iPod and iPhone were AMAZING for there times. Any attempt to rewrite history with all the information written about that era and the significance of those two machines is ridiculous. Google is free (ish)
@@sharonb.9128 I don't think I'm missing the point, iPod was great, hell I had an iPod an and iPhone and even though I've switched to a Google Pixel now I still miss the fantastic usability of iTunes, especially the ease at which I could rip my own bought CDs and organise them by filling in the artist/album info myself and easily create playlists. My point is how some people act like iPod is the only achievement worth remembering, not that everyone thinks that, smart people recognise both.
Even don’t beat Nintendo to that with the psp go which had a first party dock you could buy. Like the guy above said though, it was the nomad that was the first.
game gear did it before this i do believe. had a tv cart that plugged in and I remember using one, dad's friends, at an auto race for replays and what not. crap screen but was good at the time.
@@Thisisnotanid45 oh I'm no longer silly. I will never buy a Mac again. The competitors offer way more for way less. I was just staring my current situation
ThisIsNotAnId I’ve owned Samsung’s, Lg, htc. I got my first iPhone (xr) just to try something different this last upgrade. I actually really like the iPhone. It has its strong points and downsides coming from an s9
It's even weirder when you compare it to tech from 25-35 years ago and realise by comparison to today's tech, it feels similar in a sense just how dated it feels. To think in 15 years what we use now will probably feel the same as stuff from 20+ years ago.
@@Getbent97 I guess for me, tech that is 20+ years old just seems retro. But 15 years ago is that sweet spot when I was in high school, the technology from that time feels just like yesterday, still fresh in my mind.
For me (who grew up on XP) there is a big threshold between PCs with GUI and without. GUI is what I would consider the mark of the "modern" family of computers, those without are in the same family as 50s computers
The Sony Vaio VGN-UX280P looks like a cool little gadget! Thank you for showing us the Sony Vaio VGN-UX280P because I really enjoyed the Sony Vaio VGN-UX280P. Hope you can find the camera software for the Sony Vaio VGN-UX280P too so we can see how powerful the Sony Vaio VGN-UX280P’s camera really is! Hoping for more of the Sony Vaio VGN-UX280P. Keep it up Sony Vaio VGN-UX28... I mean, Science Elf!
Woah! Are you kidding? That looks absolutely amazing to me! I would love a device of that form factor today, although would prefer a better keyboard. If there was a way to upgrade it to 4GB of RAM, I would seriously consider using one of those today, because I really prefer desktop interfaces to mobile ones, and it also has lots of ports and amazing convergence. Even on Android, I use Hacker's Keyboard to emulate a full-size PC keyboard, and even occasionally plug my keyboard an mouse into it. To do that natively, and have actual portable mouse input instead of just a giant touch screen, would be simply amazing.
Also, is it just me or Sony really liked putting physical switches to control wireless communication back in the mid-2000s? The PSP had a physical switch to control its Wi-Fi/WLAN connectivity features too.
Many other companies did physical switches for wireless networking as well during the Windows Vista era and a small number of business oriented laptops still do. Though, I have only seen Sony use a HOLD switch to turn off any physical input.
This device is awesome. I'm only 17, but it still gives me This future-of-the-past feeling. This Is what I dreamed of when i was like 8 (well This and penny's computerbook and smartwatch from inspector gadget). The things me and my sister would make paper versions of, for pretend computing. Have You tried running OneNote on it? It should be kind of well-suited.
Own a gpd win 1 and its a pretty fun machine though I still long for a modern reboot of the VGN-UX line with a soc like what the rumored win max will use
@@T_TanksTinkers1066 i too own a GPD win 1, and i love to play fallout 3 on it, iT especially works well for classic point and click games like fallout 1, 2 and tactics.
Wow...I still have mine somewhere in the basement lol I loved this thing! What's even crazier is that this was 14 years ago lol Damn man, I'm old as hell. My kids weren't even born yet. But that's probably why I could spend $1800 on a handheld PC.
Still more useful than a smartphone to me outside Instagram and KIK. Sony doesn't get enough credit for making truly portable hardware, no matter what industry its in.
That docking station transition was actually amazing. If you put the UX in the dock while it is turned off and the sceen closed, can the dock start it up? (so it only uses the large monitor)
I would of loved one of these too! Don't think I'd impress any ladies with this device, but I wouldn't be wasting xp. Those trees don't chop themselves!
When I was younger I set up remote desktop so I could play on my ipod at the time. Now it's available on android (and I think iPhone?) natively. Would have love it back then so much.
Samsung fans didn't bully they were just stating that samsung still has the headphone jack and samsung actually includes a dongle unlike apple and comes with a 25v fast charger while apple has 5v slow charger
They are like a new iteration of the same concept but yea they have made a comeback in recent years. I wish I could afford one but then again Im not sure what I would do with it.
@@Mabidemonstrations I use mine to play emulators and my very expansive steam library while traveling. The built in game controls are perfect for that.
@@Mabidemonstrations same here.. as tech nerd i really want have one.. but again, i don't really know what i will do with that when got one.. (tbh is kinda same with tablet device for me, i have one but barelly use it for anything.. because there's laptop, smartphone and pc)
I have the black version UX390. This device was 10 years ahead of his time and I am happy that GPD took inspiration from Sony to make the GPD Win 3 alive. Nevertheless, it would have been awesome if Sony could make a new Sony UX. Do you imagine a Sony UX with the technology we have today ?
I worked at Costco in 2004-5 and we had a Sony Vaio that, at least looked, 10 years ahead of these devices. It was essentially a tiny laptop running XP with an UW HD screen. I saw 60fps video on it and it blew my mind back then. Id say it was about 8-10 inches wide, 4-5 inches deep when folded closed (5-6 when open), and only 1.5 inches high when folded. Ive never seen this device again but its the most "ahead of its time" device Ive ever seen, and Im one that was really into WinMo starting at a Motorola Mpx200.
Sony has always been ahead of it's time when it came to gadgets back in the 2000s. Wish they had carried the legacy of digital revolution. Their cameras, laptops, music players and phones. I was in love with the P900i- though bulky it felt like a phone from the future.
Mypal is my personal favorite browser for older systems with super low RAM. It runs on practically so many machines and has pretty good privacy policies. It's a Pale Moon fork which is based on Firefox. It can run Flash too.
Have you tried useing "Pale Moon"? It's a fork of a pretty old version of Firefox, and I think that it may run way smoother on this PC than any other browser.
And I thought the Steam Deck was a tech feat. This thing was so ahead of its time and stayed that way for so LONG. I feel you never see that especially in todays day of diminishing returns for tech advances
Probably the most coolest retro? portable device I've yet seen. I love learning the history of these handheld PCs. Sucks that one couldn't do much productive work on them.
Very impressive. I was amazed when you started to slide the screen, and unveiled the keyboard. I've got a Sony Clie PEG UX50/u (2003) and i can say from experience that the device is amazing but the keyboard was OK, it was still a way to make it fast enough... Hope this was the upgraded version of this keyboard.. And it's just awesome that by 2006 people could load WXP in their pocket... just.. awesome... with 3g, BT n' WF boy.. that's one piece of device. This was the era where electronics companies were brave enough to take this kind of "RISK" to innovate. Now a days we see a coward companies just releasing products to sell not to innovate... that's the reason i feel these kind of gadgets so warm in my hands
@@trustme2001 web browsing is fine. But with only 1gb of ram, watching any content over 360p isn't happening. Although the small screen doesn't make 360p look half bad
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Me in 2006: wow this device is so cool, cant wait to see the 2019 devices.
Me in 2019: wow there is nothing cooler than that 2006 device.
lmao
Now you have on screen keyboard.
Same
There is something else about This device (That I'd love to see covered): It came with an everything-mediaplayer-browser-appmanager called Microsoft Origami, which had a touch UI. By 2007 it had many Windows 8 features such as the Picture password, lockscreen, and live tiles, as well as an android-like app UI, and a touch keyboard.
I'm sure copies of Microsoft Origami exist somewhere online.
True hhh this cool
This was way ahead of its time
Ye
Mhm
Imagine what they have right now
True,in those times
Or exactly for its rime
I was severely tempted by one of these back in 2006. I was 20, serving in the Army, and stationed in South Korea. I got extra income from not being able to bring my family with me (haha, I was single) and to feed myself, instead of eating at a dining facility. The Post Exchange had one on display, and I had cash to burn. I never quite justified it, I had a PSP and a Viao laptop. But it was portable to a guy who mostly wore Pants with cargo pockets, lol. Watching this brought back memories of the year overseas, and makes me wish I had one to play around with now.
quite a memories
Go and watch a video of the psp games you played, then you'll probably see that you're glad you used it instead of the vaio
@@jhwhthemerciful he was in south korea he did nothing there lmao sat on a computer for probably 10 years
Thank you for your service as well 🙏 You guys don't get enough love
@@SLAAMITprobably more than you've ever done lol
I would have loved to own one of those. In 2006. Heck, they still seem pretty cool by today's standards.
Same
Ditto.
They are. Imagine a device of this with an i3-i7 processor.
I won’t bother using my surface pro anymore.
I saw the OQO model one on a museum once, came home and order one for around 200 dlls and I still have it, it works great except for the battery but the computer it self has AutoCADand it works great!! I love that lil one!
Well I mean you could just use a lap top.
imagine an updated version of this device in 2019
That would be insane. Price inflation would bring it up to $3000 for a base model and to be honest sony would not risk putting out a product that expensive and very few people buying it
@@cssplayer91 Maybe not to this particular form factor, but there has been a pretty good solution.
Check out the GPD Win 2. Sans cameras, this has been my daily portable driver. A remarkable machine.
But there is. It's called smartphone hehe
@@arthurpf14 a smartphone will never be as powerful as a full pc in the palms of you hands😂
Man this thing no far from the future!! All they have to do is replace the Keyboard with better touchscreen and add a few features lol
"pocket size form factor“
I want to see that pocket
Cargo pants pockets 😂
Backpacks have pockets
FYI in the world of business "pocket size" is the size of the main pocket in a briefcase.
I'm just happy to see you
Tbh i do have pants with extra deep pockets.
You know you're officially getting old when you see people referring to 2006 as a long time ago.
2006 was 13 years ago lmao
@@kuruggu6678 ye
LMBO right I was 16
ianh1984 I guess I’m old if I’m about to get my License lol
ianh1984 😂
This device looks like it is coming from 2106.
bc
@Partha Sarathi Sarma agree with what he said
Yes
terminator 😎
This I have never seen first time I'm seeing this
i find it extremely interesting that the font they used for the keyboard is the same type they used for the PS3 and Sam Raimi's Spiderman movies' logo
That font was HOT in 06 , it was ubiquitous with tech for no reason
Its a sony device playstation is a sony device
No, it does not
I used this as my main computer for a long long time. I had external monitors at the university and at home. I would do my programming homeworks on this. I was able to compile programs pretty well. Also having a computer open with you during class was really useful.
Next level at the time
I did the same with an ultra slim laptop (I just plugged in external monitor/keyboard and mouse). It ran fine for years and then I sold it. Laptops tend to get hot, so I just put a racquetball racquet on my desk and then placed the laptop on top of the racquet, it gave it more more air circulation underneath the computer.
suppose it was powered by chatgpt, you could be superman these days.
2006: make PC smartphone size, so we can work in vacation time!
2019: make smartphone PC size, so we can work in vacation time!
2029: no vacation anymore, Problem solved!
😂😂😂
FUUUUUUUUUUU
2029 should be 2020
2029 skynet sends back T800 with neural net prosessor in its metal skull. Game over.
2020: now we are all on vacation
I had a oqo 2 and a palm treo 700 when i pull the oqo in classroom the first time with the virtual keyboard i was like James bonds.
Is that Barry Bonds’ brother or something? Lol
Sarah.is.ki.rahm.or.mahmri.or.vahrahnti.or.paraiz
Old days ❤️
I actually had this exact model back in 2008. It was amazing! I actually used it to play WoW at the time. There was actually a guy online who was offering to upgrade the CPU to a Duo (dual core!) and upgraded memory. He was a repair guy who was able to re-solder the board. I'd love to see a new version of this.
Every once and a while on eBay someone is selling the modded version. I almost snagged one but the guy wanted 750$.
Since I bought my 3 UX380Ns for 200-250$ each I couldn't do it.
I would not have thought that little device could run WoW. Pretty neat!
@mabbohabb Well I mean, it played it. not great, but it was playable.
The upcoming GDP Win 3 seems to use this design, but i like the design of the older GPD Wins more:
liliputing.com/2020/11/gpd-win-3-handheld-gaming-pc-has-a-sliding-display-qwerty-keyboard-and-intel-tiger-lake.html
Here is the rich guy u were looking for
We need more devices with a slide out keyboard. It‘s an aesthetic I just love.
check out fxtec pro 1
@@darunealbane Tell me where GPD Win's keyboard slides out
physical keys that got atleast some tactile feedback and don't take up half the screen?
sign me up!
We?
This sliding concept was really cool. it's really sad that no one making these kind of phone or tablets now
Thinking how far we've come with handheld PCs since then, like with the GPD Win or Steam Deck, it's so fascinating to see how far back these go.
Come on, we all know you and LGR are the same person.
what is LGR stand for
@@ledanhlamvip12 the youtube channel Lazy game reviews, he had also made a review of this product.
@@homeslices3 not this one but similar
@@telefonkirtys True
@@ledanhlamvip12 Lazy Game Reviews.
I remember these types of tech, seeing them in magazines and seeing the prices and thinking, wow, rich people must have this lol
It’s funny that you say that because I was similarly thinking about when I was a kid I saw I think it was Tom from MySpace post from mobile and I was thinking “wow, he must be rich as hell to afford that”
one phone that was well ahead of its time, this thing was a beast, i remember one of my friends having this thing and i was in absolute shock when i saw this thing, it was remarkable, comes to show sony still makes beast mode products.
It ain't a phone
same form factor with 1080p screen and 2019 specs: would definitely buy
Why same form factor? A tablet fits the description mostly...
my phone has a 4k screen and 2019 specs.
Too big for my liking, and tablets exist now...
Are you sure? What that phat antenna?
The GPD Pocket is a very small laptop with 1080p and Windows 10
*Imagine if Sony had kept this technology and continued updating it. They would've built a device for 2030 by 2019.*
@Samuel Thompson say, how did Microsoft try to bridge that gap with Nokia? From what i understand they just tried entering the phone market instead of bridging the gap between handheld and PC.
Their called tablets
Oh wait forget it. Boy was i not thinking while typing that haha.
Soooo windows tablets?
@@samlung2724 they seem replicated it wit the xperia X1 and X2 y using WinMo 6.1/6.5 you know what happened after that....
I love that in 2000-2010 there were so many innovative designs and newer ideas.
Now everything looks so same.
Every Sony gadget I ever bought still works perfectly in 2019. Radio, mini DVD player and disk mp3 player. A great brand.
Indeed it is! Of all the Sony things I have, the only one that failed beyond usability is my DCR-DVD108 camcorder. It first started randomly saying that the DVD door was opened (without it actually opening) and screwing up my DVDs and the screen progressively failing until it completely died and now, because the touch screen doesn't work, I can't finalize DVDs, and thus, can't use it properly.
Charlotte Dashwood Same,my ps2 is still working almost 2 decades later
Yea and 1000xm3 also known as worlds best headphones ..died on me in a week of usage :(
Just found my PS1 in the loft and it’s the first time I’ve seen it and turned it on in 10 years. The console is from 1995 and still works. My PS2 from 2002 is still in perfect condition and works just as well as the first day I bought it!
Sony has always made super high-quality Tech
Had this thing back in the day. Remember putting in Ubuntu Linux on this and carrying a wireless bluetooth keyboard, playing snes on the train. Carrying it in a tiny satchel bag to University, it was very impressive back in the day.
"Back when I was in elementary school in the early 2000s..."
I did NOT come here to be attacked like this 😂
I don’t get it
@@JESUSISKING77742 same
@@JESUSISKING77742 same
For people who don't get it he feels old
@@cessposter I see. Thanks bro.
I'm just waiting for LGR to comment on this video.
im pretty sure he has a few more fans though... hes also more relaxing with "reviewing."
He was in Texas visited 8-bit guy.
Me too
2006: IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE IN 15 YEARS!!!!!!
Me: GO BACK, GO BACK, THEY TOOK AWAY HEADPHONE JACKS!!!!!!!!
This is why I still have iPhone 4
This is why i still have a walkman
This is why i still have mp3 with AAA batteries
Just get a mp3 player and they removed the headphone jack for more batterry life and most people have bluetooth headphones
This is why I still have a cassette playing radio
I remember when I was in school as a kid an saw my teacher's laptop, I was amazed how the screen was so thin, it literally blew my mind.
then you never see it again until now, weird isnt?
the Sci-Fi classic, _Paul Blart: Mall Cop_
I've been watching it wrong the whole time.
😂. Scooter
I must have been living under a rock. Never heard of this Sony handheld PC
a girl i mew in high school had it back in early 2007 it was amazing. i was happy to have laptop and Sidekick phone so i was good.
Me too
Hahaha me too
They had also made pocket laptop
Same
I had a VAIO UX (Japanese name: VAIO type U). I had a small finger so I could use the keyboard. It had low memory, so I didn't install Vista and continued to use it on XP, but the CPU is powerful and always makes a fan noise. I took it outside and shot a live video. (There was no TH-cam Live at that time) A few years later, I switched it to some smartphones.
I still have mines I got the ux390n still work like a beast this was just way ahead of its time
Yeah. People didnt really have a need for it by then. Explains why it didnt take off.
@@ukrd94 imagine if they make one now with today technology especially the battery technology that was the only problem with the ux poor battery life
@@azbrown821 what was its price back then
VGN-UX390N was the top of the line. It had an SSD where the 3 models below it had HDD's. And yes, the battery life was the weak link on these.
@@VivekSharma-dj2wr i think 2000
Portable PC + dock = Nintendo Switch of 2006.
And probably with roughly the same battery life, too.
Definetely. But way better than the switch. Who knows, the switch may have gotten the dock idea from the vaio.
sony used to be innvating company but they sold the computer sextion away... now jus tboring shit...
nintendo fanboys will have you believe sony always copies nintendo
@@thelarry383 Not always, just a lot.
“The sci-fi classic, Paul Blart: Mall Cop.”
I was amazed but that device. I was like 13 y old. It looked so futuristic. I love your videos , greetings from Peru.
dorion it still looks futuristic
Shoot, I was, like, 8 that year.
@@keybyss98 you don't look a day older than 8.
@@PHlophe It's leap year....
@@mryup6100 2019 ain't it pal
I didn’t even know anything like this existed!
Lol same here
Me I'm one whole year late than u😂
It's literally what a phone is nowadays
A phone is just a pocket-sized PC orders of magnitude more powerful than anything humanity could build a decade ago
Me too
I swear I didn't know too. I think it's because lack of marketing strategies. Now electronic companies should make these things again I really need it.
You know it's mid-2000s when he inserts a Cingular wireless sim card 5:29
lol
Which is replaced by AT&T
personally, I HATE how the market moved away from this.
it's mostly my fat fingers not working too well with touch screen, but at this point, people bringing extra batteries and power bank where back then they used a separate music player or a pda, is justa shame smartphones are everything there is...
the reason i hate modern equipment is it's boring. EVERYTHING you could possibly need is in a phone. And all phones look the same! And nothing new is being introduced to them, like the newest "advancement in technology (ik i spell that wrong)" is a camera that's blocking your screen real-estate, called a love.
Sure, some companies are trying for phones that are oriented for gaming, with gamepad's that attach to the phone, it's of no use if you can't play PC games on it.
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@@lonttugamer2939
NOW that's what we want,PC games on portabel gadget with present hardware...(yes i know there's GDP but that's not enough for fair competition)
@@oceanman505 yeah but have you actually played one? I tried GTA San Andreas on mobile with a controller and it was total garbage, you can't aim like in the console versions because it forces the touchscreen autoaim bs on you.
Also most games do t support game pads on the phone even to this day.
I guess emulators are a good argument, but doesn't fully make up for it.
@@oceanman505 that is very true, Ive seen threads on the internet saying that it's a complete hell developing games for Android because of the way openGL is handled.
Basically most phone manufacturers have modified openGL for their own purposes, meaning if you make a game from scratch for a huawei phone, you need to optimise it seperately for every other brand phone. This is handled way better on pc, where there are only 3 main versions of openGL, or one if using directx.
I lusted after this (and other UMPCs) so much! I really, really, really wanted to play RuneScape on the go. Thanks for bringing the memories back!
I'm so glad we got the future where we all have the capability of playing RS anywhere now lmao
Sony was always ahead of its time. I remember while ppl were playing with the ipod, sony brought out a better device that I could do a lot more than just play songs, then samsung did something similar and then I noticed the iphone came out.
Huh? The iPhone was literally a “pocket size” computer. The iPhone was TOUCHSCREEN. This is not even close to the technology we first saw in the iPhone. Apples and oranges.
Yeah, sometimes their products were just slightly out of sync with the hype by a few months or a year or two, but they always had solid stuff and pushed the boundaries.
People credit iPods for portable music but most people know Walkman was the OG.
@@sharonb.9128 True but the iPhone did come out later than this and despite it being admittedly a huge leap in terms of whole package portable computing (usability, capability, form factor combined together etc) it wasn't perfect, it did have some limitations that weren't fixed until later iterations.
The mid 2000's saw massive leaps in the tech world, within each year so much would get updated, processors grew in power, costs went down for electronics in general, battery life got much better, screen resolutions improved dramatically.
Doesn't mean Sony were beaten by Apple, and it doesn't mean we're trashing Apple. I myself in 2009-2010 had a Vaio P series for proper computing work like typing documents and real web browsing, while my iPhone 3GS was the perfect accompanying device for playing music, watching videos and playing games.
@@G1NZOU you’re missing the point with both the iPhone AND iPod. What’s so starting is that BOTH of these issues are SETTLED! The tech industry itself acknowledges these devices were revolutionary. Awards, accolades and honors to boot. They both WILL be in the Smithsonian. The zombie fantasy that other products existed, but were overlooked has been debunked over and over, but here we are in 2021. What made the iPod revolutionary was not that it played music like the Walkman, but it’s technology and the integration with the iTunes Store. Similarly, Touch technology and I would argue, the App Store also put the iPhone in a different stratosphere. The iPod and iPhone were AMAZING for there times. Any attempt to rewrite history with all the information written about that era and the significance of those two machines is ridiculous. Google is free (ish)
@@sharonb.9128 I don't think I'm missing the point, iPod was great, hell I had an iPod an and iPhone and even though I've switched to a Google Pixel now I still miss the fantastic usability of iTunes, especially the ease at which I could rip my own bought CDs and organise them by filling in the artist/album info myself and easily create playlists. My point is how some people act like iPod is the only achievement worth remembering, not that everyone thinks that, smart people recognise both.
The Nintendo switch is the first portable + tv console.
Me, an intellectual:
until you realize its a pc and not a console
until you realize the sega nomad is the first portable/tv hybrid
Even don’t beat Nintendo to that with the psp go which had a first party dock you could buy. Like the guy above said though, it was the nomad that was the first.
game gear did it before this i do believe. had a tv cart that plugged in and I remember using one, dad's friends, at an auto race for replays and what not. crap screen but was good at the time.
PSP fan
This Vaio has better ports than my macbook...
Sorry to break it to you, but the highlight of apple products is that they suck but charge 3 times the competitor on a similar product anyway.
@@Thisisnotanid45 oh I'm no longer silly. I will never buy a Mac again. The competitors offer way more for way less. I was just staring my current situation
@@aflyingbench6143 Yeah good, just sell all your apple products XD
you gave money to apple shame
ThisIsNotAnId I’ve owned Samsung’s, Lg, htc. I got my first iPhone (xr) just to try something different this last upgrade. I actually really like the iPhone. It has its strong points and downsides coming from an s9
It's crazy how dated technology from just about 15 years ago already feels.
It's even weirder when you compare it to tech from 25-35 years ago and realise by comparison to today's tech, it feels similar in a sense just how dated it feels.
To think in 15 years what we use now will probably feel the same as stuff from 20+ years ago.
@@Getbent97 I guess for me, tech that is 20+ years old just seems retro. But 15 years ago is that sweet spot when I was in high school, the technology from that time feels just like yesterday, still fresh in my mind.
Said the 16 yrs old
For me (who grew up on XP) there is a big threshold between PCs with GUI and without. GUI is what I would consider the mark of the "modern" family of computers, those without are in the same family as 50s computers
15 years might as well be an eternity in technology.
The Sony Vaio VGN-UX280P looks like a cool little gadget! Thank you for showing us the Sony Vaio VGN-UX280P because I really enjoyed the Sony Vaio VGN-UX280P. Hope you can find the camera software for the Sony Vaio VGN-UX280P too so we can see how powerful the Sony Vaio VGN-UX280P’s camera really is! Hoping for more of the Sony Vaio VGN-UX280P. Keep it up Sony Vaio VGN-UX28... I mean, Science Elf!
Sony Vaio VGN-UX280P is the best mini computer of 2006
I linked him the drivers and all the default software including the camera utility. dumped straight from my vaio.
This was really cool, i remember seeing this on stores as a kid and i always wanted one but price always scared me away..
How much?
Tony Barber was priced around $1500~$1700 back in 2007
lol
@@foreigner6195 Yeah i learned something recently, if you wanna ge rich find a way to get rid of rent, Thanks me later.
As a kid how much money were you suppose to have
Woah! Are you kidding? That looks absolutely amazing to me! I would love a device of that form factor today, although would prefer a better keyboard. If there was a way to upgrade it to 4GB of RAM, I would seriously consider using one of those today, because I really prefer desktop interfaces to mobile ones, and it also has lots of ports and amazing convergence. Even on Android, I use Hacker's Keyboard to emulate a full-size PC keyboard, and even occasionally plug my keyboard an mouse into it. To do that natively, and have actual portable mouse input instead of just a giant touch screen, would be simply amazing.
In its time, I super want that Vaio VNG-UX280P. It is super cool and super futuristic. The best computer design of its time. 10/10
Also, is it just me or Sony really liked putting physical switches to control wireless communication back in the mid-2000s? The PSP had a physical switch to control its Wi-Fi/WLAN connectivity features too.
Many other companies did physical switches for wireless networking as well during the Windows Vista era and a small number of business oriented laptops still do. Though, I have only seen Sony use a HOLD switch to turn off any physical input.
The original 3DS had one as well
Pretty much every portable device that uses WLAN that isn't a smartphone has a physical switch for controlling it. Even my laptop from 2017 has one.
It's cool how they used the OG Spider-Man's font as the font for the keyboard 🕸️
This device is awesome. I'm only 17, but it still gives me This future-of-the-past feeling. This Is what I dreamed of when i was like 8 (well This and penny's computerbook and smartwatch from inspector gadget). The things me and my sister would make paper versions of, for pretend computing.
Have You tried running OneNote on it? It should be kind of well-suited.
Why your profile photo is stock photo from Windows Vista? 😅
@@bradtoddler3765 because i like it. I like windows vista stock photos. They're great. And I love Windows vista stock music too.
@@wordart_guian And your PC is running Windows Vista before?
@@bradtoddler3765 my first PC did (the one that got me into computing), so i'm quite nostalgic when it comes to this OS
@@wordart_guian Oh my. I actually like Windows Vista and install them on virtual machine. 😂
The GPD Win 2 is a modern UMPC, maybe you should check that out
spooftendo Successors to the UMPC in hardware, but successors to the Handheld/Palmtop/Pocket PCs in form factor
I was literally about to bring that thing up. It would be good for Portal
Own a gpd win 1 and its a pretty fun machine though I still long for a modern reboot of the VGN-UX line with a soc like what the rumored win max will use
I believe GPD should be more practical but this SONY looks sexier and more interesting.
@@T_TanksTinkers1066 i too own a GPD win 1, and i love to play fallout 3 on it, iT especially works well for classic point and click games like fallout 1, 2 and tactics.
Wow...I still have mine somewhere in the basement lol I loved this thing! What's even crazier is that this was 14 years ago lol Damn man, I'm old as hell. My kids weren't even born yet. But that's probably why I could spend $1800 on a handheld PC.
Still more useful than a smartphone to me outside Instagram and KIK.
Sony doesn't get enough credit for making truly portable hardware, no matter what industry its in.
Vita
UMPC
Both ate soo underrated.
I never knew this device exist, if there is a modern version of this device I would definitely buy it
The closest thing to a modern version of this device is the GPD Win 2
That docking station transition was actually amazing.
If you put the UX in the dock while it is turned off and the sceen closed, can the dock start it up? (so it only uses the large monitor)
Man i wanted one of these so badly to play runescape in school.
I would of loved one of these too! Don't think I'd impress any ladies with this device, but I wouldn't be wasting xp. Those trees don't chop themselves!
When I was younger I set up remote desktop so I could play on my ipod at the time. Now it's available on android (and I think iPhone?) natively. Would have love it back then so much.
And how would you connect to the internet
@@feyisthey 3g he says you can use that in the video
Hey wait, I already watched this episode of LGR-- oh... oh. Oh!
When he played PvZ at the end, i - 💀💀💀💀 it is such a bizarre thing to see a smartphone game from the reign of the touchscreen in a 2006 device.
A portable computer with physical buttons aaand a headphone jack. Sign me up I want one.
This brings back HP Ipaq memories 😍🤘
Check out GPD's products. The Win 2 and preceding models suffer from reliability issues though.
Man, I always dreamed of owning one. It still looks beautiful.
Watch this get recommended to everybody because of the Steam Deck reveal
This is the third or fourth time the algorithm has blessed this video
The UMPC market isn't entirely dead. The GPD WIN 2 and the GPD Pocket existed to fill in two niches: portable Windows PC gaming and UMPC.
2006: Technology will be the best in 13 years
2019: *No headphone jack on samsung’s phones while they bullied apple because they had headphone jack*
Iphone also do not have headphone jack
@@thefatkid3365 Well, duh.
Apple didn't remove headphone jack at first.. Get some knowledge
@@X--ig9eo apple literally did the iphone 7
Samsung fans didn't bully they were just stating that samsung still has the headphone jack and samsung actually includes a dongle unlike apple and comes with a 25v fast charger while apple has 5v slow charger
These devices still exist. There's a company called gpd that makes them, ranging from pocket sized to bag sized devices.
Fairly different concept, I'd say. At that point I'd also include the Surface Go.
They are like a new iteration of the same concept but yea they have made a comeback in recent years. I wish I could afford one but then again Im not sure what I would do with it.
@@Mabidemonstrations I use mine to play emulators and my very expansive steam library while traveling. The built in game controls are perfect for that.
@@Mabidemonstrations same here.. as tech nerd i really want have one.. but again, i don't really know what i will do with that when got one.. (tbh is kinda same with tablet device for me, i have one but barelly use it for anything.. because there's laptop, smartphone and pc)
the gpd win 3 can now play AAA games on the go and emulate up to the ps3.
Damn, I want one of these things now, with modern bits inside.
Physical slide-out keyboards are very appealing to me.
...do you like woodgrain? I'm definitely not asking for any specific reason 👀
I don't know if The Science Elf has a like for woodgrain, but LGR does.
Now I'm imagining a woodgrain Vaio.
Chosen1Creator You say it as a joke but I would be all over that aesthetic
@@jliz3821 Not really. I mean I think wood grain could look pretty good on some of the electronics I've seen. Phones, computers, etc.
Asus had a very attractive laptop model with actual bamboo inlays about 12 years ago as I recall.
I have the black version UX390. This device was 10 years ahead of his time and I am happy that GPD took inspiration from Sony to make the GPD Win 3 alive. Nevertheless, it would have been awesome if Sony could make a new Sony UX. Do you imagine a Sony UX with the technology we have today ?
2003 me was dreaming of something like this to play runescape on back in the day
In 2019 I possess a GPD Win. In 2006 though, I would've been like..... oh shiiiiiit. I wasn't even looking for this either. Awesome stuff!
I worked at Costco in 2004-5 and we had a Sony Vaio that, at least looked, 10 years ahead of these devices. It was essentially a tiny laptop running XP with an UW HD screen. I saw 60fps video on it and it blew my mind back then. Id say it was about 8-10 inches wide, 4-5 inches deep when folded closed (5-6 when open), and only 1.5 inches high when folded. Ive never seen this device again but its the most "ahead of its time" device Ive ever seen, and Im one that was really into WinMo starting at a Motorola Mpx200.
Nice QR code, i scanned and it and are you gonna make a TI-84 video?
@Pixle I was paused on that exact frame to comment lmao
hah! nice catch
AbodyAbdalluh lol a few months ago I had math and I had a color edition
Played games on it
Jesus Christ you make me feel old and I'm only 38. Damn you.
Sony has always been ahead of it's time when it came to gadgets back in the 2000s. Wish they had carried the legacy of digital revolution. Their cameras, laptops, music players and phones. I was in love with the P900i- though bulky it felt like a phone from the future.
With stuff like GPD Win and all the modern Windows tablets I think the technology finally caught up to the idea of UMPC.
Wow this was so ahead of its time
Mypal is my personal favorite browser for older systems with super low RAM. It runs on practically so many machines and has pretty good privacy policies. It's a Pale Moon fork which is based on Firefox. It can run Flash too.
I've never heard of this device until now. Would love to find one to unbox!
9:13 "But at least it has enough pixel pushing power to properly partake in pocket sized disco antics."
Try saying that several times....
Honestly I'd love to see an updated version of this computer. I have a feeling it would be amazing
BonziBuddy is STILL making cameos in your videos
nice
Have you tried useing "Pale Moon"? It's a fork of a pretty old version of Firefox, and I think that it may run way smoother on this PC than any other browser.
It doesn't even look like he tried normal Firefox.
i found my old one of these and it still works :D
I'd rather own this than an ipad. At least this thing is actually a computer and not "trying" to be one.
Great. You going to buy one of these or just talking shit?
No you wouldn't lmao
In your dreams.
@@MrOuija-rr8kq chill
Call me whatever he does have a point
GPD Win 2, the best micro-PC so far.
And I thought the Steam Deck was a tech feat. This thing was so ahead of its time and stayed that way for so LONG. I feel you never see that especially in todays day of diminishing returns for tech advances
Damn...even now. It still look so cool
Just saying hi to LGR before he arrives here.
Probably the most coolest retro? portable device I've yet seen.
I love learning the history of these handheld PCs.
Sucks that one couldn't do much productive work on them.
Very impressive. I was amazed when you started to slide the screen, and unveiled the keyboard. I've got a Sony Clie PEG UX50/u (2003) and i can say from experience that the device is amazing but the keyboard was OK, it was still a way to make it fast enough... Hope this was the upgraded version of this keyboard.. And it's just awesome that by 2006 people could load WXP in their pocket... just.. awesome... with 3g, BT n' WF boy.. that's one piece of device.
This was the era where electronics companies were brave enough to take this kind of "RISK" to innovate. Now a days we see a coward companies just releasing products to sell not to innovate... that's the reason i feel these kind of gadgets so warm in my hands
for anyone in interested in a product like this in 2019, look up the GPD Win 2
Ty Guy but that’s not even half as cool as this one up here......
Thank you.
The pricing is insane now.
Sony was always so ahead of their time with their devices.
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i like how it has a physical button for the wireless communications
Extremely popular for a lot of years based on the security concerns of early WiFi.
@@TheCerealHobbyist i understand that my comment is due to him mentioning it multiple times
@@TheFlyingCrocodile Gotcha! I'm a wireless guy by trade, I was in the industry when all of these developments were new so it jumped out!
God I wish my phone looked like this. I play a lot of emulators on my phone and having physical keys would be game-changing.
Also now try the GPD pocket and compare the two.
Very nice portable pc
i would love for them to make and updated version of this
I remember playing with this in the Sony Store (when there was a Sony Store) way back in the early 2000's...
I still have my VIAO VGN-UX390N. It's running puppy Linux now.
How's the web browsing ?
@@trustme2001 web browsing is fine. But with only 1gb of ram, watching any content over 360p isn't happening. Although the small screen doesn't make 360p look half bad
This channel is so underrated! ☹️
This channel really deserves at least 1M subscribers!
I'd love to see this channel getting 5-6M subscribers !
My brain, watching this on a phone: Gee, I wish I had a small modern computer I could take anywhere...
... that doesn't come with arbitrary manufacturer restrictions?