Things on the Chromebook front have been pretty quiet this year but it seems they will change soon as the US FCC (Federal Communications Commission) has received and tested a new machine running Google's Chrome OS. Seen below is the VAIO VCC111 Series, Sony's very first Chromebook, which features a 11.6-inch LCD screen (made by Samsung), 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth, 3G, an SSD, an SD card reader, two USB 2.0 ports, a HDMI output, a webcam, and a 4100 mAh battery.According to a label on the notebook's base the CPU inside is a T25, which suggests we're dealing with NVIDIA's Tegra 2 (dual-core) SoC. This would make for an interesting twist since all the Chromebooks released to date feature Intel Atom processor (one more Intel - ARM battle).

Since Sony has yet to officially announce the VAIO VCC111, its price tag and release date are unknown.