Not much to the story beyond the headline, really; if you’ve been hanging out for Sony’s uniquely shaped Tablet S, it’s been announced that they’ll be on sale tomorrow.
Which probably means somebody’s already selling them if history is any guide. The 16GB model is $579, while the 32GB unit costs $689. [Sony]
James
Monday, October 24, 2011 at 4:31 PMYAY….another tablet. Just what we needed.
Splintex
Monday, October 24, 2011 at 4:36 PMAll I want is an x86 based, ultrabook form factor sans keyboard with a touchscreen with stylus and finger input.
Step 1: Install Windows 8 on it.
Step 2: ….
Step 3: Point and laugh at the iPad
FJC
Monday, October 24, 2011 at 4:45 PMI’m with you on that one, can’t wait to sell my iPad once W8 tablets start popping up, though I might miss the apps on the iPad…
TSH
Monday, October 24, 2011 at 5:08 PM“ultrabook form factor sans keyboard”
umm… like a slate/tablet? :–P
I’m more or less in the same boat. ASUS Transformer (or the super-sexy Transformer 2) + Win8 = WIN. Win8 is ARM compatible, and it’ll absolutely fly on Tegra 3.
Blake
Monday, October 24, 2011 at 5:16 PMI think he is more talking about the thickness of the screen of an ultrabook.
Although to be fair, I’d buy that too but I’d refrain from being a prick about it.
Peter
Monday, October 24, 2011 at 5:47 PMTegra3 (Cortex A9 MP4 @ 1.5GHz max) is actually very slow compared to the slowest of Atoms. However, it will consume less power and will always be lighter.
The ARM/Tegra3 version of Windows, will not be backwards compatible with anything previously released for Windows as x86. It would be just like getting a Windows Phone 7 tablet, er Windows Tablet 8 where some apps would also be compatible with the ARM version.
That’s not likely for games, where most of todays engines use very specific x86 commands that would need to be remastered for the ARM. This is one of the main reasons why there are not more old games released on the iPhone and iPad.
Because of this, I would consider it more an iPad competitor, but MS has marketed it well enough to make the consumer feel that it is more like Windows 8, but being stuck with the Mango version of the Metro UI.
Franz
Monday, October 24, 2011 at 5:26 PMLooks very May 2005
Tim Mead
Monday, October 24, 2011 at 5:41 PMThese things have a great LCD and behaviour a lot more fluidly than my Xoom, but are surprisingly thick.
Tim Mead
Monday, October 24, 2011 at 5:43 PMand behave*
Ben H
Monday, October 24, 2011 at 5:46 PMThis is the best android tablet so far. Proper DLNA support (seriously), PS suite and universal IR remote.
Tom
Monday, October 24, 2011 at 6:51 PMSo when is Samsung going to start suing sony for using the letter S in a product name?
Antonia
Monday, October 24, 2011 at 6:57 PMSurely you guys are joking. I’m running Win 8 developer and I think its laughable if you think Win 8 is meant for business users ie real work. Its slow, unintuitive and ugly.
rekuhs
Monday, October 24, 2011 at 7:04 PMYou know Win8 isn’t finished right?
rekuhs
Monday, October 24, 2011 at 7:21 PMNeeds more 3G
if only
Monday, October 24, 2011 at 7:44 PMNow if only android market didnt suck so much maybe we’d have something to get excited about.