The Sony Tablet P has two 5.5in capacitive touch
screens with a resolution of 1024x480. The Tablet P utilises a clamshell
or flip design, so the screens fold onto each other when the tablet is
closed. Sony says the Tablet P is designed for "mobile communication and
entertainment".
The Sony Tablet P runs the
Google Android 3.2 Honeycomb platform that is specifically designed for
tablet devices, but Sony has tweaked the user interface to take
advantage of the dual-screen form factor. Amongst the Sony additions are
an e-reader app with split screen UI, and an e-mail app that shows the
keyboard on one screen and e-mails on the other. The split screen design
also seems ideal for gaming, with the controls displayed on the bottom
screen and the game on the top. Sony says the Tablet P will be updated
to the latest 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" version of Android in the coming
months.
Like Sony's other Android tablet, the Tablet S,
the Tablet P is PlayStation certified, meaning it will be compatible
with PlayStation games available through the Android Market.
The
Sony Tablet P has a rear-facing 5-megapixel camera and a front-facing
0.3-megapixel camera, along with Wi-Fi, DLNA, Bluetooth, GPS and 3G
connectivity. It will not be available in a Wi-Fi only version. The
Tablet P is powered by a 1GHz Nvidia Tegra 2 processor, has 1GB of RAM
and 4GB of internal memory. A microSD card slot is available for extra
storage.
The Sony Tablet P will launch in
Australia in mid February for $729. It will be sold at Sony Centre
stores nation-wide and through Sony's Web site.
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