Sony VAIO Duo 11 Tablet Hybrid Sliding PC Unveiled [IFA 2012]

Sep 2, 2012

Sony seems to be playing a different tune to entice the consumers and business customers with their release of the VAIO Duo 11 tablet. This tablet hybrid was tweaked a little different that looks more like a laptop than a tablet because of its unique sliding touch-screen display. With the VAIO Duo 11 tablet, you can easily convert your laptop to a tablet by simply sliding the display down.

The Sony VAIO Duo 11 tablet seems to borrow the ‘sliding display’ technique from ASUS Eee Pad Slider, but here, this tablet runs Microsoft’s Windows 8 equipped with a stylus for handwriting and sketching. According to SlashGear, the glossy plastic covering the touchscreen display is a fingerprint magnet. But it features a 1080p 11.6 inch display that is incredibly crisp and bright.

Sony VAIO Duo 11 in tablet mode

To use Sony VAIO Duo 11 tablet as a laptop you have to pull up the touchscreen display holding just above the front-facing webcam. Doing this will slide the touch screen back revealing a full QWERTY keyboard. Since you’re only left with approximately 11 inches wide screen plus the area occupied by the sliding display, the Sony VAIO Duo 11 tablet keyboard will have to fit in a smaller frame size giving you a somewhat compact size keyboard. Though smaller compared to a regular notebook, SlashGear indicates that the keyboard was still very usable for typing.

I previously said that the Sony VAIO Duo 11 is more like a laptop than a tablet because Sony is not after the sleekness of their product. What Sony has done is somewhat different by concentrating on usability of the tablet by providing more connectivity options compared to other tablet-laptop hybrid. With Sony VAIO Duo 11, you will get an HDMI, USB connections and a full-sized VGA connection.

Sony VAIO Duo 11 tablet connectivity ports

In addition to the connectivity ports mentioned above, this tablet-laptop hybrid comes with an extended battery bolt on that can prolong usage up to twice of its current battery life. Of course, this bolt on extended battery will surely increase the current width. But you have no choice because that is the only place where you can put the stylus pen if not needed.

Unlike the Dell XPS 10 tablet on my previous post, Sony gave us more information regarding the specs of the Sony VAIO Duo 11 tablet. The processor is powered by Intel’s Core i7-3517U that is coupled with 4GB or 8GB RAM. The storage capacity of this tablet-laptop hybrid can be maximized up to 256GB utilizing a much faster SSD storage. For the pricing, it was believed that Sony will announce it in late October.

Sony VAIO Duo 11 in laptop mode

What do you think of Sony VAIO Duo 11 tablet? Could it be more appealing than the Dell XPS 10 tablet because of the sliding touch screen display? Tell us what you think by posting your comments below.

Watch the video below by SlashGear to see the Sony VAIO Duo 11 in action.

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