Sony’s latest netbook offering, the VAIO M is now being stocked by US retailers.  Listed as the VPCM111AX/W, it’s currently available to order from TigerDirect for $379.99, who have it in stock ready to ship. J&R also have the netbook listed for pre-order at 99 cents less. Both companies only have the white model but, hopefully the black model will follow soon.

J&R currently have the VAIO M listed with a display resolution of 1366 x 768, which is incorrect and should be amended soon. The VAIO W on the other hand does feature that resolution, for a not so budget friendly price.

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Following our coverage of the unboxing of the Sony Vaio M by Stuff.tv, we now found the official Sony announcement courtesy of CrunchGear.

Although it may already be a little late coming in, still it’s worth noting that Sony finally got it right when it comes to manufacturing a netbook with the Sony Vaio M.  Well, that is if its rumored price is true or even lesser at around $450.

Specs-wise, everything seems to be what a netbook should be right now. The Sony Vaio M is loaded with Intel Atom N450 CPU, 250GB HDD, 1GB of RAM, and Intel GMA 3150 GPU, 10.1-inch LED backlit display, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Windows 7 and a 6-cell battery.

To be available in black or white color, the Sony VAIO M is slated for a release by end of March.

It seems Sony finally flinched and got off its high horse and released a “budget” netbook. Stuff.tv from UK got a hands-on and unboxing of the new Sony Vaio M. From what I can see, the island keys that Sony laptops are known for have been replaced by an older early MSI Wind-like keyboard. Actually, come to think of it, it does look like a matte version of the MSI Wind 100, even just a little bit.

Sony Vaio M

• 10.1″ 1024×600 LED-backlit screen
• 1.66GHz Intel Atom with GMA 3150
• 1GB RAM
• 250GB HDD
• 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, built-in Camera

The feature set sure is boring and at the price of this thing (US$455), you would expect a bit more for a netbook. Better get one of the newer Pine Trail netbooks, maybe one of those with ION 2 already.

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Sure this tablet mod isn’t the first one with seen, with a rebadged MSI Wind U100 most recently turned into a slider, like the VAIO UX. This time around, one modder has hacked his U100 to resemble the upcoming iPad from Apple. The keyboard was removed from the netbook, a touchscreen added and what really makes it look like more of an iPad than the regular tablet mods, is that alexbates, founder of InsanelyWind added OS X to it with customisations. He also cites that, not only does it look like an iPad but, the specs of it, far exceed that of the iPad with it having “10 times the storage, twice the speed, external video (VGA), webcam, USB ports, and built-in multi card reader.”

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While the Sony Vaio W12S1E1 may have been out for a couple of months now, over in the UK the netbook, according to SonyBrands has been hard to find in stores. The Vaio W netbook has been released in several variants, including a 160GB model, a 250GB model, an Intel Atom PineTrail model and an eco friendly version. SonyBrands have got hold of the VAIO W12S1E1, the second model to be announced, which features a 250GB hard drive, 1GB RAM, Windows 7 Starter and Intel Atom N280 processor.

The VAIO W12S1E1 is available in white, pink, brown and charcoal, with the model unboxed being the white version. It has a 6 cell battery, which is shown on the netbook and sticks out but, looks like it will allow sufficient airflow. You can view the unboxing photos after the jump.
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