Sony's Handheld PC from 2006 BLOWS my Mind even in 2024 ( Gaming + Emulation + More )

[@ZealousChuck]

I wish Sony makes some next gen Handheld PC soon🙃 or anything innovative for that matter🙂🤘

[@AndyPlayedGuitar]

I had one of those cyber shot phones, it was awesome. Still wish I'd kept my psp, but my vita lives on in any event. Keep the content coming dude!

[@ZealousChuck]

Thanks I will. You should keep an eye out for some solid psp deal. There are loads out there especially fbmp

[@--waffle-]

These 2000's -2010 times were full of unique designs and innovations. Nowadays everything is just a rectangular screen

[@therunawaykid6523]

Yeah this handheld pc from 2006 is pretty amazing I was surprised it could play run gta vice city, half life 2,duke nukem 3d 😳😯

[@xerxesgore]

Hey man, you have one of THE coolest tech channels on youtube. Your Vita videos are always top notch, and I love your in-depth reviews into other tech. I hope you continue to grow, and thank you for all of the content!

[@ZealousChuck]

Thanks for nice words man, they're much appreciated 🙏🤘

[@tommo120]

I remember first seeing one of these in Terminator and I so desperately wanted to get one! 11 years later, I bought a GPD Win 3, and only now am I realising how much inspiration GPD took from Sony's handheld. From the sliding mechanism, placement of the keyboard beneath the screen, and even the dock is remarkably similar in design. I love my GPD Win 3, but I'd still love to have one of these :P

[@ZealousChuck]

I'd love to have one too but it's so damn expensive

[@majortom87]

This device surprised me both positively and negatively, when I saw the limp bizkit album I remembered I had it too, and realized that we are getting old my friend xD

[@cringeonpurpose]

Best Vita channel on YT AND a Bizkit connoisseur? Yeah, I’m thinking we’re subbing.

[@enjoyplaying0]

I really feel we are going backwards. This device is so cool even in 2006

[@ZealousChuck]

Cool af🤘

[@therunawaykid6523]

Yeah I’m really impressed something like this existed back then - no idea how I had never heard of it until now

[@enjoyplaying0]

@@therunawaykid6523 I dont know where I read it but it was something like: "before, they did extreme things because it was fun". I think nowadays its just about standards and selling the most out of any penny invested. I still dont know why anyone develops cool tech anymore honestly xd except for teenage eng

[@retronrandom835]

I wish i can buy it one day

[@ZealousChuck]

Yea I wish so too

[@markofarking8431]

Great video man, I never even heard of this mini PC and it wasn't really advertised in 2006 here in Australia but I am sure it was super expensive in its time and tailored to the elites haha

[@ZealousChuck]

Thanks for watching 🙏

[@muratdemir761]

You are right. This pc's price was 2500 usd in 2006. When inflation is added, that's about $4,000 in today's money :)

[@therunawaykid6523]

@@muratdemir761wowww got my rog ally handheld pc for about £560

[@home9dog2blue199]

DMX and DESITINY'S CHILD???? bro is a man of culture 🫱🫲....🤝 🫂

[@ZealousChuck]

Where the hood at?🙃🤘

[@chauntill]

💯 ❤

[@chauntill]

💯 ❤

[@alibibeats2]

I'm pretty sure that handheld vaio can get upgraded with a new motherboard. DIY via a modder. That thing can get programmed into a beast.

[@therunawaykid6523]

Didn’t even know this existed until this video, I’m really impressed that this came out in 2006! I absolutely love my rog ally handheld pc having: pc games, internet browser, many emulators, option to install anything you want and being compatible with my gaming xr glasses which gives you a large virtual screen anywhere you want is incredible

[@LivedWater]

Oh my god that is actually so impressive. Imagine a slightly bigger and more beefy variant of this handheld... would've been like a handheld xbox 360/ps3 for the time. Running Half Life 2 like that is still very impressive. Thanks for the review bro!👍

[@Sonny_Jackson]

Bro a I am shocked, thank you very much for this discovery. I am however a big fan of the brand's products 😮😮

[@ZealousChuck]

Any time🙏 glad you've enjoyed it🤘

[@Raderade1-pt3om]

My first laptop was Sony

[@zexalsrevenge511]

So uh, was this like the Steam Deck before that thing came out? Do you happen to know a device from the 2000s or 2010s or at all that was like the Steam Deck before that became a thing?

[@florider_hd]

nice taste in music man

[@JohnGatsbyThe3rd]

Half Life 2 on the go wouldve been crazy at the time

[@ZealousChuck]

In 2006 that would be a dream come true

[@kozakalex222222]

18:51 - I'm pretty sure that's FlatOut 2. FlatOut Head on is the psp port of the game. Same game just different name.

[@MrGarryGrey]

Head On was based on Ultimate Carnage. It copies its soundtrack and Carnage mode, but lacks extra opponents (doubt PSP could handle so many racers at once).

[@ZealousChuck]

You're right Ive seen there 2 but I said head on anyway

[@portnawak]

interesting video thanks ,I would have kill for that before 2008 it was such a feature festival !!!. Sony won't disappoint, but now.. i like underrated old tech like this

[@ZealousChuck]

But now they suck...

[@IgrisBelmont]

14:54 he is fucking fighting me ? Why bro ? 😭😭🤣🤣

[@cydragon2.099]

for the prices listed for this thing you can just get a Gaming PC handheld such as Steam Deck and the other ones

[@therunawaykid6523]

Yeah it’s pretty crazy, somehow never knew this thing existed until this vid really makes you wonder how many of the companies today that have made handheld pcs were in some way inspired by the vaio…

[@jameswilkinson2144]

this is cool but come on star trek dark forces has me in stitches i want a handheld pc now 😢

[@The86Ripper]

Impressive!

[@ZealousChuck]

Absolutely 🤘

[@habbi_CR7]

now I'm intrested pc handheld

[@eljavisaenz]

what a beauty !!! so awesome tech from almost 20 years ago !!! and now this is the trend..

[@ZealousChuck]

Absolute Beauty👌

[@imwektor323]

Ахренеть, ты где достал vaio? Довольна редкая штуковина, поснимай еще видео с ней, может на ней можно игры какие запустить.

[@ZealousChuck]

It's from a friend. It's rare indeed. There is gaming later🙏🤘

[@KeeKeeSteel]

using limpbizkit as an example is incredible

[@ZealousChuck]

:) 🙏🤘 Introducing the CHOCOLATE STARFIISSHHHH

[@KeeKeeSteel]

@@ZealousChuck AND THA HOT DOG FLAVORD WATER

[@cydragon2.099]

the docking station seems to be a major help but man that keyboard is a big what were they thinking

[@ZealousChuck]

Keyboard sucks

[@uruguayooolocoo6656]

This Is Amazing!, also how did you managed to get the games in the sony vaio? are those the steam versions of the game? is there any way to transfer those games from steam to windows xp?

[@Raderade1-pt3om]

Coolest device when it was released

[@--waffle-]

ive been looking at buying one of these (and a VAIO P Series) for years. Good buy! looks sweet AF in black! God Damn that VAIO type U is cool as fuck. I wish they would make a new one in 2024!

[@ZealousChuck]

I wish so too and it's not mine unfortunately

[@L0nWulff]

Man I wish Sony would still own Vaio. Feel like they are not what the used to be now.

[@ZealousChuck]

It certainly feels like they're going bit dowhill

[@NinjaChris77]

5:57 Dont we all love that?! 😏 Old junky tech never dissapoints, theres just something about the designs, the buttons and dear lord were they stacked with features! Something you kinda miss from modern tech where its all just a square with a touchscreen for the most part and kinda sad that we been stuck on that formula for like over a decade now, when back then we had something new to look at every single year! Sony, Nokia, you name em, they really tried to give us inovative tech for on the go! :)

[@ZealousChuck]

I love Sony and I love Nokia🤘🔥

[@alejandroatencio8661]

Can you install android x86 on thqt sony pc handheld (i think it can run android 4.4.4, if the cpu doesnt have sse3, you can try the no sse3 build)

[@bhuvan1036]

21:24 i searched s400 and found out it's a missile system lol

[@ZealousChuck]

🙃🤘sounds good to me

[@r3tr076]

Can it run Doom ?

[@ZealousChuck]

Or rather can it run crysis🙃

[@XJleBuSheK]

I remember, I see video, where one man put inside core 2 duo. I would like to touch this thing, but the cost of these device is very high for so old handheld, for that much you can buy a steam deck.

[@ZealousChuck]

Indeed that's my conclusion too

[@XJleBuSheK]

​@@ZealousChuck By the way, this thing only supports proprietary SD cards from Sony (like psp)?

[@therunawaykid6523]

Yeah you’re much better off buying one of the modern handheld pcs as they are cheaper and easier to find than this device and of course can do so much more and run way more powerful modern pc games 😉

[@hyperfixatedd]

That's crazy!! Holy shit

[@ZealousChuck]

Holy shit🤘🔥

[@bhuvan1036]

Hey chuck, check the windows emulator for vita next, I don't know much about it, but it emulates Intel 8086 Pentium 2 It's called UniPCemu

[@ZealousChuck]

I have it installed for a while🤘

[@oavh]

Imagine if they remade this with the new amd apu chips

[@ZealousChuck]

That's what Im dreaming of all decade long🤘

[@MSteamCSM]

My favorite UMPC of all time! Very unfortunate that the RAM cannot be upgraded - motherboard is missing necessary traces to support 2gb ddr2 chips :( But everything else - upgrade away! CPU, SSD, Wifi, there is even extra USB hanging inside!

[@Harry11315]

UMID MBook SE next! I sold mine years ago sadly or id give you it :(

[@nuyorican91st]

Rog ally says hello to it's great grandpa ancestor

[@ZealousChuck]

Hello

[@therunawaykid6523]

Yeah really makes you wonder if rog were in some way inspired by this device also it’s a windows device

[@dumplingcendawan9292]

so we had switch\steam deck before it exist

[@hollyc5417]

ah yes because no hand held pc existed after this or before the deck. you're going to have to let GPDwin know.

[@premoboy]

Bro literally called a star wars game star trek. 💀

[@user-n06odyov28]

Omg i have dirty mind 😢

[@wowkywowky5569]

ti si slovák ?

[@ZealousChuck]

Ano, a ty si slovak?

[@wowkywowky5569]

@@ZealousChuck hej

[@wowkywowky5569]

Nové Zámky

[@therunawaykid6523]

@@ZealousChuckI’m from uk sup man! 🇬🇧

[@arveenjafari1704]

Sony is the best, it was and it will be...

[@ZealousChuck]

I would agree🤘

[@Castellohenrique]

Wow. U pretty

[@therunawaykid6523]

Yeah was not expecting him to look like that shows you can’t always judge a face from the voice

[@r3tr076]

First !

[@NerdyNEET]

I desired to own a UMPC throughout all my childhood. 🥲 And actually bought one in 2017 or so, once was able to earn some money. Well, I used it for about 1 year, and then sold for about the same price. Reason number 1 was - the screen is too incredibly small. Like really, things look fine on this video, but IRL it's like 2 match boxes. You need to keep the device 10 cm from your eyes to see anything. And it hurts eyes like crazy, it's almost unusable. So, a netbook is probably the minimum, if you want smaller size carry-around computer.