Sony launches world’s lightest notebook

November 03, 2009 06:11 pm | Updated November 17, 2021 06:40 am IST - New Delhi

Managing Director of Sony India, Masaru Tamagawa (left) with actor Kareena Kapoor at the launch of Vaio laptop, in New Delhi on November 03, 2009. Photo: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar

Managing Director of Sony India, Masaru Tamagawa (left) with actor Kareena Kapoor at the launch of Vaio laptop, in New Delhi on November 03, 2009. Photo: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar

Thinning out competition, consumer electronics maker Sony launched its new range of ultra slim notebooks priced at Rs 65,000, which the company claims to be the world’s lightest.

The product, Vaio X, which is a direct competitor of Apple’s Macbook Air, weighs around 600 grams and is half-inch thick.

To emphasise the ‘slimness’ of the notebook, Sony has signed Kareena Kapoor as the brand ambassador for Vaio X and will invest Rs 15 crore in India to market it.

Besides, Sony India Managing Director Masaru Tamagawa said, “We are planning to invest Rs 200 crore across all our portfolios in India in marketing this fiscal“.

The company, that also launched a new range of notebooks — Vaio CW, starting at Rs 37,000 and netbooks priced at Rs 27,000, plans to garner 20 per cent market share in the consumer notebook segment by launching newer products, expanding buyer channels and investing aggressively in marketing, Tamagawa said.

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