Sony Tablet S

“Right now the the Tablet S isn't finished yet, so our 3.5 star rating reflects our opinion of the device based on it's design, overall performance, and the apps that were working during our testing. If Sony's entertainment apps work as advertised at launch and the Playstation game catalog ramps up quickly, the Tablet S will catapult in the top tier of Android tablets.”

“We’re happy to find the Sony Tablet S standing out from the crop – and especially more with its hip looks. Besides that one instant distinguishable feature, we’re mightily impressed in Sony’s work with their very first Honeycomb flavored tablet as it combines a healthy set of multimedia and gaming centric qualities. In addition, the platform retains all the lovable aspects we love about Honeycomb’s rich personalization, but Sony goes gone beyond the call of duty by adding a layer of tantalizing perfection with its subtle customizations and multimedia apps. For $500, it’s easily a hands-down winner thanks to its carefully prepared dish of delectable features and killer looks. Easily considered to be a great living room companion, the Sony Tablet S is remarkably one that you’ll want to keep an eye out for if you’re in the market.”

“Despite this the Tablet S gets it right where it matters with a stylish customisation of Android Honeycomb and performance is fast while the tasteful animations add fluidity. Furthermore Sony's music and movie empires suggest with the right support the Tablet S could become the gateway to a vast and exclusive array of content and gamers will revel in its PlayStation-certification making it compatible with official Sony PSOne and PSP ports. Further gems include an excellent camera and surprisingly good battery life, but Sony has taken shortcuts with its choice of build materials and the Tablet S is not looking to start a price war. Sony has taken a long time to enter tablet market, but that time hasn't been wasted. The Tablet S is refreshingly different from the competition and with a few refinements Sony may well succeed where so many of its rivals are failing.”

“There is a lot going on in Sony's tablet. As a package, it's certainly appealing for those that don't want to mess around finding the right apps to do the various jobs that the Tablet S will do out of the box. But at the same time, there isn’t much here that you can't do on any other Android tablet: Spotify, Skifta, Aldiko and Lovefilm basically cover the elements that Sony brings. The uniqueness comes in the form of that IR remote and the neat design, which do set it apart. We'd perhaps like it to be a little more sturdy, but we appreciate the lightness in the hand. We're sure that the Wi-Fi issue and the issue we encountered with BBC iPlayer can be addressed through software updates, but not being able to expand the memory with a card is a little inhibiting.”