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the z3 tablet compact is a familiar tablet in a whole new size i michael fisher with pocket now from Aoife 2014 in berlin let's take a quick look Sony was showing off the z3 tablet compact at its high-definition audio station when we played with it and it was interesting to view it in the context of a media player Sony's full of superlatives this Aoife and it's calling this one the world's best waterproof compact tablet or something to that effect and it just might be it's got a matte finish on the back to ease up on the fingerprint problem that plagued its full-size counterparts and while the triluminos display could be a little brighter it sure is vibrant the hardware is just six point four millimeters thick which is damn impressive considering the 4500 milliamp hour battery specs elsewhere or a mix of highs Snapdragon 801 and three gigs of ram and lows eight and two megapixel cameras it would have been a nice for Sony to stick to the almost perfect mirroring of features on the tablet side across sizes like it does on the smartphone and the things that that aside the tablet compact makes for a pretty potent cocktail given the smaller footprint and the water and dust resistance here we'll take a closer look at the z3 tablet compact later in the show for now this has been michael fisher with PocketNow encouraging you to stay tuned for more from Aoife from sony and others as our coverage from Berlin continues