With so many net books launching in the market Sony never showed any sign of interest that it would join the band wagon. But here it is with VAIO W Series with Intel Atom, Windows XP and a price tag of ?400 Sony is out with a netbook. Sony had the VAIO P Series ultra portable laptop and also had a reputation attached to it with classy, lifestyle kit and high price tags.

The best part about the W Series is how generic it is. Under the cover you will see an Intel Atom N280 plus 1GB of RAM powering Windows XP. There is a 160GB HDD, 10.1 inch screen, Bluetooth, draft in WiFi and range of memory card slots. Looking at these specifications you must be thinking that any other netbook has the same specs which were released in the past six months.

But what makes W Series to stand out and term it as netbook which is more than an average netbook is the screen. Although 10.1 inch is the new standard size for all the netbooks, Sony has packed in one of its X-black LCDs assisted by LED technology. Additionally, it also upbeats the resolution by 1366 x 768 pixels which is more than the normal 1024 x 600 standard resolution.

Watching videos on the X-black screen is a pleasure too. You will be surprised to find the better quality of the blacks and the color depth than you will find in any other cheaper devices. You will see a sharp and better screen quality especially while browsing websites. It also cuts the time dramatically of the time you spend scrolling pages and improves usability tenfold.

So, if you treat your netbook like a portable entertainment device as much as you do for writing mails and browsing Facebook then this netbook is highly recommended. At the battery front it is quite disappointing as it quotes three hours of normal use, although it was able to give that much initially but later had to reach out for the power cable too frequently.

The W Series did manage to steal the show with the keyboard. It is one of the growing numbers of pebble keyboards, sporting those superb isolated keys. It was one of the features on the Samsung N310. Seeing at the keyboard it gives a feeling that it must be incorporated in all the keyboards. They are simply outstanding and a must have keyboard in all the netbooks.

The W Series is price tagged at ?399. Is it worth buying at this rate? Well, Sony does attract attention with its high quality design and build in quality, the X-black screen and superb keyboard aredefinitely going to catch your eyes attention.