It has taken two years for Sony to enter the tablet market, and in that time every manufacturer and their budget Taiwanese spin-off have colluded to fill the tablet market with dross.
This presents both and opportunity and a threat to Sony, and while there are many sub-standard tablets on the market, some great work has been done by a few companies, and there's now a handful of successful, great value Android tablets to choose from.
You can check out our Android Tablet round-up to see how this slate measures up against three of its rivals below:
The Sony Tablet S is a curvaceous, wedge-shaped tablet, which looks as if it has been folded out of a single piece of textured black plastic. It's thicker at one side, with a rounded edge, as if you'd taken a thin paper back, and folded the cover back on itself to really get stuck into the story.
Aside from making it look different to every other tablet on the market, the Sony Tablet S's unique appearance isn't purely aesthetic. The design means that typing is comfortable when laid flat on a table or desk, which is a flaw in most flat tablets.
The book-like design makes it easy to grip with one hand, making it perfect for browsing the web or reading ebooks.
The Tablet S weighs just 600g, which makes it identical in weight to the iPad 2. There's a plastic finish, which doesn't feel cheap, and it has a textured back which offers grip for your hand.
While Sony has done well to make the form stand out from its peers, the specs are a standard affair emulating their rivals closely. There's a dual-core Tegra 2 processor clocked at 1GHz, 1GB of memory, capacitive touchscreen, and an SD expansion slot.
The Sony Tablet S also comes with a range of other features, which make it really stand out from the crowd. There are front and rear cameras, 1080p video capture and playback, PlayStation certification, which enables users to access a range of exclusive titles, and a host of Sony created apps, including a universal remote for controlling other Sony products.
The tablet comes in two iterations, with 16GB and 32GB options available, and it has set pricing at £399 for the 16GB version. This in itself is an admission by Sony to the ferocity and difficulty of the tablet market.
Sony tends to market itself as a premium manufacturer, and set its pricing accordingly, but at £399, it has decided to compete directly with companies it would look down upon in other markets.
Sony has launched 2 new tablets, Sony Tablet S and Tablet P in India. They unveiled these tablet in Japan in April. The WiFi Version of the Sony Tablet S showed up on Sony India’s official site last month.These tablets have uniquely asymmetric design, Sony Tablet S has a wedge-shape, similar to a magazine that’s been folded over. The Sony Tablet P has dual screen design of provides optimized entertainment experience and portability. You can watch video on one screen while using the other to control it, or check e-mail while using the other screen as a keyboard.
These are the first series of PlayStation Certified tablets on which games for PlayStation Certified devices including original PlayStation games can be played, and popular titles such as Crash Bandicoot and Pinball Heroes come preinstalled.
The Sony Tablet S comes with 9.4-inch LCD screen and the Sony Tablet P comes with two 5.5-inch LCD displays. These have built-in infra-red Universal Remote that lets you operate TV, Home Entertainment Systems and more. It also has DLNA support. The Sony Tablet S has 16GB internal memory and the Sony Tablet P comes with 4GB internal memory. Both feature Micro USB port, MicroSD card support, 5MP camera and secondary video calling camera.
These tablets also comes with pre-installed apps such as Videochaska, that Offers latest episodes of shows from Sony Entertainment Television and SABtv, Star Player that is a premium online video-on-demand service, Big Flix is a premium Movie along with free 2 months subscription of BigFlix+ membership, BollywoodHungama.com app offers latest Bollywood news, films, hindi songs and movies online, Meragana.com app offers Indian Karaoke Music with free 1 month subscription.
The Sony Tablet S Wi-Fi is now available in the Indian market for Rs. 29,990. The Sony Tablet S Wi-Fi + 3G version and the Sony Tablet P is priced at Rs. 33,990 and Rs. 36,990, respectively, and it would be available in the market by Mid-Jan 2012. Accessories such as Screen Protector, Cradle, Cover, Leather Carrying Case, USB Adapter Cable, Safeguard, Shell, AC Adapter and Bluetooth Keyboard are also available separatel
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