Sony blogosphere is expanding! Today Sony announced an additional online community that will be under Sony’s umbrella, called VAIO Community. According to the blog post: “The VAIO community will offer an inside glimpse into what we do and provide a behind-the-scenes look at the design and manufacturing process, the technology behind our products, our latest TV commercials and VAIO events. We’ll also use this space to keep you updated on all the latest VAIO news and announcements. On this community, we’re also dipping our collective toe into forums in an attempt to provide a Sony sponsored place for you to talk to each other about your likes, dislikes, questions and service issues regarding VAIO”.
To help take off this new venture, Sony is giving away a VAIO P. Anyone (US only) who registers a new profile will be entered into sweepstakes. Offer ends on July 2nd. I am not sure however how it works if one already has a profile established.
We truly hope that VAIO Community takes off and the addition of forums will help Sony see what consumers really want and what issues are to be addressed. There has never been a Sony backed VAIO forum in the US, and I remember I used to be an admin and in many ways tech support in VAIO Village that used to be pretty busy. It looks like currently the Sony forum at Notebookreviews.com is most frequently visited by true followers of VAIO.
Being a VAIO Connoisseur myself I will keep an eye on this new blog and see what goodies it may bring.
