If you thought you’d heard about every Android tablet coming in 2011 at MWC and CES, you thought wrong (so did we). According to a report on Bloomberg this weekend, Sony Corp. plans to release an Android tablet in 2011, specifically “by the end of Summer”. Unlike the usual rumor pile, this story comes direct from Sony’s head honcho, CEO Howard Stringer.
Here’s what we know about Sony’s foray into the world of Android tablets. The tablet will be released by the end of Summer 2011 and it will ship with Android 3.0 Honeycomb. This, in itself is major news, especially if you’ve followed Sony Ericsson’s history of landing Android updates. The other confirmed tidbit from the story is the tablet will be hitting the United States first.
With the Xperia Play debut unfolding, Sony is poised to redefine what it means to be a gamer on Android. Adding tablets to the mix could prove quite interesting, especially when you consider the tablet could even be Playstation-certified. Of course we’re not sure how well that would turn out since slide-out controls are the real selling point to the Xperia Play. Come to think of it, how about we just use our Bluetooth-enabled PS3 controller and game on our Sony Android Honeycomb tablets? Sounds good to me.
Anyone else have ideas about how Sony’s entry into the tablet space may unfold?
[via Bloomberg]
