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Sony Tablet S & Tablet P (S1 / S2) First Look

2011-04-25
today at a press event in Tokyo Sony unveiled their first major foray into the tablet market the s-1 and s2 both tablets are powered by Android 3.0 honeycomb and have some very unique features the first is the s-1 which has a design similar to a folded magazine giving it a very thin profile up until the top of the device where it tapers out nicely it sports the NVIDIA Tegra 2 chipset a nine point four inch 1280 by 800 touchscreen display as well as both front and rear facing cameras the s1 also will be a PlayStation certified tablet making it a big player in the gaming market and allowing you to play a wide variety of PlayStation 1 games the s-1 has a fairly heavily customized UI on top of honeycomb dubbed the quick and smooth UI along with a Swift browser that helps speed up browsing on slower connections the second tablet is the s2 which features a folding dual screen design with a pair of 5.5 inch 1024 by 480 touchscreen displays this looks to be a very interesting compromise between the smaller 7-inch tablet for Portability and a larger 10-inch tablet for more screen real estate the s2 seems to be a bit more focused on reading with a UI that draws inspiration from a book with the dual screen layout being utilized well for email reading more it also shares the same Tegra 2 chip as well as a pair of cameras both the s-1 and s2 have Wi-Fi connectivity along with 3G and 4G support although on what carriers remains to be seen overall these look like a pair of impressive tablets out of Sony and they will be available worldwide this autumn so what do you think do you like the s-1 the dual screen s2 or neither be sure to let me know in the comments below
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