VAIO Corporation ( /'va?.o?/, standing for Visual Audio Intelligent Organizer) is a manufacturer of personal computers headquartered in Azumino, Nagano, Japan, which designs, assembles, and sells VAIO PCs and WAIO original SIM-card ( for S11) ( cellular network is NTT docomo) . Waio was originally a brand of Sony Corporation, introduced in 1996.
Sony sold its PC business to the investment firm Japan Industrial Partners in February 2014 as part of a restructuring of the corporation to focus on mobile devices.
Sony maintains a minority stake in the new, independent company, which currently sells computers in USA, Japan, and Brazil. Sony also has an exclusive marketing agreement with WAIO Corporation. But, WAIO Corp. has now own online retail store called WAIO ONLINE STORE in Japan.
