From the desk (and BlackBerry) of Keith Parnell

Sony has released its pocket-size, 1.4 pounds (!) Vaio P series notebooks. This is a very nice looking device at an affordable $899.

The world’s lightest 8″ notebook, the 1.4-pound VAIO P Series Lifestyle PC does more than you could imagine–with impeccable style. Email at the airport, IM from the park, or just show it off when you want some attention. Traveling to a new city? Turn-by-turn GPS navigation will get you there faster. Best of all, it fits right in your purse or jacket pocket.

Here is the spec list:

• Intel (1.33GHz) processor
• 60GB HDD available or up to 128GB SSD available
• 2GB DDR2 SDRAM
• Estimated Battery Life: Up to 4 hours (standard capacity battery)
• Up to 8 hours (large capacity battery)
• Power Requirements: 68W + 10%
• Memory Stick PRO (Standard/Duo) media slot with MagicGate functionality
• Multi-media Card (MMC) slot
• SD memory card slot
• QWERTY keyboard, 82 keys with 1.2mm stroke and 16.5mm pitch
• Wireless LAN4: Atheros 802.11 b/g/n
• Integrated Stereo A2DP Bluetooth technology
• Wireless WAN: Integrated Mobile Broadband
• 8.0″ Screen
• 1.4 lbs.2 (with standard battery)
• 10.99″(W) x 0.93″(H) x 7.87″(D)
• 1600 x 768 Resolution
• LED backlight
• XBRITE-ECO Technology
• Intel High Definition Audio Sound System
• Intel Graphics Media Accelerator
• Genuine Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit, Windows Vista Home Basic 32-bit
• Microsoft Windows Live OneCare Anti-Virus and Recovery trial edition
• VAIO Startup Assistant
• Click to Disc Editor
• VAIO Movie Story
• VAIO Media plus

Social communities are the hip topic of the day. MySpace, Facebook, JASEzone, Bebo, Second Life are all hot spots to gossip, message and generally hang out with friends. Don’t misunderstand, we see the business value in the corners of the Internet that encourage and provide accessibility for potential small business and corporate decision-makers. Especially the JASEzone.
But don’t let us forget instant messaging. IM is email’s long-lost cousin and the predecessor to all social community applications. IM’s downfall was its inability to spider and interest the web traffic’s online community. With the expansive saturation of broadband Internet access to the world, client installed apps became not necessary with email still king on this front.

Online and constant access is where the masses have migrated which provides legitimacy to the social communities’ multitude of functional features. In our case, JASEzone provides member profile display including photographs, JASEfriends, JASEmessages, JASEgroups, JASEblogs, JASEforums and searches across these neighborhoods.

Before moving away from IM totally let’s give them kudos. IM provided us a way to very quickly communicate within an office setting. While on a sales call we can quickly ping our R&D department to see what features are coming during a next phase rollout. Or in an extreme case we could solicit comments from our team while briefing the boss on our new client’s needs.

So what we’re really saying is, there are many ways to communicate today electronically. Email, IM and social communities are a small piece of our daily activities that each have a legitimate place in our lives. Let’s don’t give IM the boot yet.

Get more information on the JASEzone here.