Sony VAIO UX180P Micro PC

The Sony VAIO VGN-UX180P Micro PC is a great handheld PC for everyday life, but its quirky keyboard means it's no laptop replacement.

Pushing the screen upward reveals a QWERTY thumb keyboard, similar to the one found on the OQO model 01. I have mixed reactions about this keyboard. The keys lie flat against the surface and don't have the bumpy feel of a Sidekick 3. The UX180P is...

The Sony UX180P is the latest in the string of UMPC releases, or as Sony calls it, the Micro PC. Is the $1800 price tag justified though? Brian Beeler weighs in with this in-depth review.

Now that you've seen the extended battery for the Sony Vaio UX series, it's time to check out its performance. Using the same parameters from my reviews of the standard battery, I ran several drain tests under various usage scenarios to determine the...

An obvious advantage of the Sony UX series over, say, a subnotebook or UMPC is its size. Unlike any other gadget running a full version of Windows XP, the UX Micro PC is so small and light that I carried it in my purse while visiting New York last...

In my 3-part UX180P standard battery review, I spent well over 100 hours charging/draining the included li-ion battery (VGP-BPS6) to basically just confirm Sony's stated rating of 2.5 hours. Now, thanks to the kindness of a reader known to many as...

Here's a consolidated list of all my feature-specific reviews on the Sony Vaio UX180P Micro PC. The reviews also apply to most of the other models in the series; check out this chart to view their differences.

Since the day my UX180P moved in, I've spent a pretty indecent amount of time exploring its features and hardware components. To say that I'm obsessed with the device is certainly an understatement (check the reviews listed in the sidebar for proof)....

So far, UX owners have pleaded with Sony to sell the carrying stands, fashioned homemade stands made of sheet metal and acrylic, modified existing iPod accessories, and/or just purchased docks designed for other gadgets. Take a look at the pages...

Now that I finally have a Bluetooth-enabled smartphone, I decided to test out the Bluetooth dial-up networking (DUN) feature of the UX180P. Assuming you know your carrier's settings, the process is really quick and easy. These settings can be obtained...