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Rumor: Sony working on top-secret S1 tablet

02/16/2011 at 9:37 AM by Brad Linder 1 Comment

While virtually every PC and phone maker has announced plans to build a consumer tablet, Sony has been notably quiet. Now Engadget reports that not only is Sony working on a few new slates, but that the company is taking a wildly different approach.

Sony hasn’t confirmed Engadget’s reports, but this wouldn’t unusual. The company sat on the sidelines when netbooks began to flood the marketplace, and when Sony finally did launch a product in the space it was the Sony Vaio P, an unusually tiny 8 inch notebook with a crazy high resolution 1600 x 768 pixel display and a low power Atom processor. It wasn’t until much later that Sony finally got around to launching a standard 10 inch Atom powered notebook.

Enadget reports that Sony is working on a new device code-named the S1. It’s a 9.4 inch display and a customized version of Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb. It will feature integration with Sony’s Qriocity content store which offers music, videos, games, and digital books and will also feature Sony Playstation support, including the ability to play classic Playstation One games.

The tablet reportedly has an unusual design with a curved bump on one end, giving you something to hold onto (not unlike the Notion Ink Adam tablet). Engadget says the S1 features a 1280 x 800 pixel capacitive touchscreen display and a dual core NVIDIA Tegra 2processor. It reportedly has front and rear cameras, a USB port with host capabilities (meaning it can read USB flash drives or other devices).

According to Engadget the WiFi only version of the S1 will ship in September for $599. Of course, September is a long way away, so there’s plenty of time for specs, prices, and other details to change.

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It will be interesting how this fits in with Sony other ‘webpliances’ like the Sony Ericson ( Xperia Play) phone and NGP (PSP-2). Also, I would assume this tablet fist in with their “PlayStation Suite” initiative.

PlayStation Suite, to launch later in 2011, is a platform that will let developers deliver PlayStation content to Android devices like tablets. These will likely include ports of older PlayStation (and perhaps PS2) games, but there also seems to be initiative at Sony for smaller games developed in a similar manner as to how Android apps are developed now.

A Sony tablet made to run “PlayStation Suite” would be a smart addition to the plan even if it acts as a ‘this is how’ for other hardware manufactures.

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