Sony unveils its S1 and S2 tablets

Bangalore: Japan based electronic and entertainment giant 'Sony' has come up with two tablets that are code-named as S1 and S2. Although one of it hardly resembles a tablet. Sony reports to launch the two tablets at different times in different markets. These devices are specialized with wireless connectivity technology with Wi-Fi and 3G/4G services. The tablets are also tightly integrated with Playstation network, Sony's eReader store and Qriocity music service. These two models will run on Google's Android operating system. The S1 tablet has a physique like that of a slate with a 9.4-inch (24 centimeter) touch-screen display that is thick on one end and tapers with front and rear cameras. And the S2 is a shell-shaped device that opens and closes, with two 5.5-inch colour touch-screen displays. This design is particularly convenient for reading digital books whose content is displayed on screen as two pages side-by side. Sony also said that, as these are Sony's first tablets in the market the users will have the access to online content to buy, download videos, music, digital books and other entertainment Apps. Sony has designed these tablets considering the user's wants and needs. Sony also said that it will run the Android 3.0 'Honeycomb' operating system, which was created specifically for tablet computers. The company also showed how the tablet would enable faster Web browsing and would be capable of playing PlayStation-quality videogames. Both devices will run NVIDIA's Tegra 2 processors