Sony has announced two tablets Android 3.0 (Honeycomb). Under the code names S1 and S2, the company offers two different visions of the shelves. The S1 is a fairly standard tablet: a screen of 9.4 inches, a Tegra chip 2, a USB port. The shape of the tablet is atypical, with a center of gravity shifted "up" and a slight upward incline, with a cavity to place a finger.
This format seems pretty convenient to use, remains to be seen if the weight shifts to one side is not embarrassing. The big advantage of the shelf ecosystem is Sony. Like Apple with its "digital hub", Sony will install its services: Qriocity, PlayStation Suite, DLNA compatibility, sharing of content between 3 and PlayStation boards, etc.
The tablet will be available as both Wi-Fi but 3G and even 4G seem planned. The S2 is more original: it has actually two 5.5-inch screens, each with 1024 x 480. The tablet closes, just like the DS consoles from Nintendo, and Sony proposes a format very different from what is usually found.
The shape is quite astonishing, both sides of the tablet being bent. It remains to show the compatibility of this model with Android applications: current models under Honeycomb feature screens 1280 x 800, which is quite far from the two screens at 1024 x 480 Sony. Note that Sony does not give much information on the shelf, the exact specifications are not known, nor obviously the price. 
This format seems pretty convenient to use, remains to be seen if the weight shifts to one side is not embarrassing. The big advantage of the shelf ecosystem is Sony. Like Apple with its "digital hub", Sony will install its services: Qriocity, PlayStation Suite, DLNA compatibility, sharing of content between 3 and PlayStation boards, etc.
The tablet will be available as both Wi-Fi but 3G and even 4G seem planned. The S2 is more original: it has actually two 5.5-inch screens, each with 1024 x 480. The tablet closes, just like the DS consoles from Nintendo, and Sony proposes a format very different from what is usually found.
The shape is quite astonishing, both sides of the tablet being bent. It remains to show the compatibility of this model with Android applications: current models under Honeycomb feature screens 1280 x 800, which is quite far from the two screens at 1024 x 480 Sony. Note that Sony does not give much information on the shelf, the exact specifications are not known, nor obviously the price.
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