The Sony S1 tablet is the company’s late play in the game, but the wait isn’t much longer now. The curiously shaped slate goes on sale in the UK on 16 September, but it’s already up for pre-order right now at Dixons.
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Sony has gone all official with its Android Honeycomb tablet line up. The clamshell S2 is now the Tablet P and the wedge-style S1 is the Table S. Odd names, we know, but now that we have an official announcement we can finally lay the rumors and speculation to rest. Let’s dive in, shall we?
Sony announced two tablets this morning, the S1 and the S2, but how do they stack up against what’s already available? They’re not out until the autumn, so is Sony too late to the tablet party? And can these two really compete with the iPad 2? We’ve been weighing up the specs, read on to see our findings.
Sources inside Sony have leaked info about its upcoming Sony tablet announcement. The tablet is currently codenamed the S1, and will be running Android Honeycomb, and sporting a full complement of Qriocity smarts. What’s most interesting though is the current design of the S1 – a curving hunk of metal.
Sonim has already got a bit of a reputation as a hard case. Its JCB toughphone set a standard for double hard, outdoor blowers that has yet to be emulated, at least in terms of indestructibility, by the Samsung Solid and the slick new Nokia 3720. So its latest effort, the Land Rover Sonim S1, is just crying out for a pounding. Can it take a proper battering and still make boozy calls at 2am? Read our review below and find out.