Sony has been venturing into the netbook market in the past, but now it’s officially entering the netbook market. Sony Lifestyle laptops have everything you would want in a netbook, but they are priced too high for most netbook fans. Sony VAIO W is the company’s next attempt at making it in the netbook market. Sony P is a great device, but it’s too small for a lot of folks.  The W laptops will come with a 10 inch screens and ATOM processor.

Sony has been in the laptop business for a long time, so it was the matter of time before it came out with a device that gives it the best chance to gain some momentum in the netbook market. There are many good netbooks available in the netbook market, but we don’t have many superstars, if you will. If Sony plays its cards right, it has every chance to gain even more market-share in this fast growing market.

The main obstacle for Sony is still its pricing strategy. Sony VAIO W will be going for close to $700 in Japan. That’s still a bit too high for a netbook and almost as high as what Sony is asking for its Lifestyle PCs. I don’t expect Sony to drop its prices to $300-$400 range anytime soon, but a $700 netbook is not that recession friendly, now is it?