Sunday, September 11, 2011

Sony’s walked past Apple iPad look-a-like

Sony unveils new captures much of what is good and much of it is frustrating Tablet S for a time the king of consumer electronics. Not content to destroy just another clone iPad punch, Sony has developed a distinctive design. It also contains links to its huge collection of content, including movies and music. It works even PlayStation games.

However, like many things these days, Sony, Tablet S seems much more appealing than the reality turns out to be: good ideas undermines its implementation.


S Tablet now available for order and in stores next week, the system performs "Honeycomb" operation, optimized version of Google Android tablet from the mobile software. Starting at $ 500 for 16 GB, Wi-Fi only model and $ 600 for 32 gigabytes, now rivals the same price.

The Sony 9.4-inch screen is slightly smaller than the iPad, and about 1.3 pounds, the Tablet S is actually a hint: 598 grams compared to 601 grams for the iPad. Make no mistake, if an IPAD, a Galaxy tab or one of the legions of other pills honeycomb cluttering the aisles of Best Buy.

Leaving to others the competition for the production of thinner, flatter the device, Sony has created a sort of rounded-wedge case of the Tablet, a metaphor S. is folded-over newspaper, teardrop-shaped with a thick side of the works to support the unit a bit 'when set in a horizontal position in writing or watching movies.

Takes the form a little 'getting used to. It all seemed natural, when I was holding up, especially when I read the book or newspaper. Horizontally, however, I was initially difficult. If the thin side fell, thick part of the dip efforts. I eventually came to prefer to keep it thick edge down - opposite the way I wanted to put it in an e-mail back. Ultimately, I do not mind the form and also give more recognition to try the Sony, because Apple used to exhort us to "think differently". The real problem is not what they did, but as they did.

Cheap, plasticky

Reaching its light weight, for example, a business sector that feels cheap and plasticky to the sides and back. Controls on and off and volume in the wrong place along one edge to the interior. Connect the charger is difficult: you have to align the legs protruding just so, and I was accidentally remove the cable from the drive or when I tried to use while charging. And pull the door covering the micro USB port and SD card slot feels as if waiting to break.

The brain of the shelf S Nvidia Tegra 2 dual-core processor, the same chip that runs the Galaxy Tab. But the pre-production unit I tested felt much slower than the Galaxy, when scrolling through Windows applications or launch.

Like the Galaxy, is a flash - such as Adobe Systems, a software for viewing Web videos and animations. But it's not a flash - like the light of its direction of travel of the camera when taking pictures or videos. (Not facing the camera, and video chat.) I was more difficult to get the day away from the use of Tablet Battery D, but eight hours is not only the iPad 2, 10

Universal Remote Control

Unusually for a Sony product, I found it at the front of the software. S includes an app that makes a super-duper universal remote for your home audio-visual equipment different. I was able to control not just Sony products but also a Panasonic TV and Motorola set-top box with minimal effort.

S Tablet zippier performance significantly felt when I played that game when I was doing the most mundane tasks. You will be able to download PlayStation games directly to the device, and comes with two pre-installed, the harvest of "Crash Bandicoot" and this is a story that can be used in "Pinball Heroes." Make sure to take the tablet with the fat side down or right to keep their thumbs accidentally pressing the Home button on a pinball frenzy.

The pre-production model I was using could not access Sony Music Unlimited service and unlimited video, I could not tell you how they work well. Ditto for the application that turns the tablet into a S e-book viewer compatible with the Sony drive range of devices, it was not yet available.

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