Sony today unveiled it's new Vaio T series mobile PC.

Sony's first ultrabook range, Vaio T Besides being thin and light, its "Rapid Wake + Eco" starts up from sleep mode in under 2 seconds (six seconds from hibernation), rivaling the instant on feature of tablets. Employing a hybrid of HDD and solid state drive (500GB Serial ATA, 5400rpm with 32GB SSD) makes data retrieval faster, reduces boot time, without compromising on storage size. However, it is the gesture control that lets you swipe without touching the screen that most people will be looking out for. In the short demo that I saw, circling your hand to the right raised the volume of a movie while circling anti-clockwise made it softer. To pause or play the movie, just put your palm down. While Sony's staff demonstrating the gesture feature had no problems registering their presence, the webcam, for some reason, took a long time to identify me. While there was no minimum distance mentioned, an error message telling me I was too close popped up when I was within arm's length of the laptop. We will be running a more comprehensive test on the new Sony Vaio T very soon. Keep your eyes on this page for more updates. But, meanwhile, here are some key specs: Display: Comes in 11.6-inch and 13.3-inch (WXGA; 1366 x 768) TFT colour display Weight: 1.42kg (11.6-inch), 1.60kg (13.3-inch), including supplied battery OS: Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium with Service Pack 1 Processor: Intel Core i5-3317U Processor 1.70GHz with Turbo Boost up to 2.60GHz Chipset: Intel HM77 Express Chipset Hard Disk Drive: 500GB (Serial ATA, 5400rpm) with SSD 32GB Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 The SVT11113, 11.6-inch model will launch mid of this month while the SVT13115 13.3-inch laptop will be available from the end of the month. Both laptops retail for S$1,299.