IMO its an ultrabook fake itself its onto the "tablet" bangwagon. Last time I called it a fake tablet I got yelled at by people.
I'm ok with convertibles, i can see quite a few uses for taichi for instance...
But the sony duo seems to be one of those cases where an artist came up with a nice looking design that's different just because they wanted something different and the company decided to actually release it without a single person testing it XD
It's not good to use as a tablet, obviously, and is not a good laptop either (cramped keyboard, no adjusting of the screen angle like you can on pretty much laptop)...
And then there are some compromises that alternatives don't usually have:
- The hinge mechanism seems overly complicated (and seems to be there just to be different as it provides no extra usefulness) and looks like anything could get stuck into that XD In short it just don't look any durable...
- The battery seems small compared to other ultrabooks, and reviews reported as being 1 hour or more below the average.
- There's no slot for keeping the pen...
I could go on, but my point is clear... It looks like a failure on a design stand point.