subject: The Sony Tablet P Review - Specs And Features [print this page] If youre seeking the gaming tablet with ground breaking design, then Sony Tablet P is certainly good for you. The tablet doesnt allow for GSM voice communication, SMS, and also MMS. This product is formerly known as the Sony Tablet S2. So, lets take particular notice at the below tech specs overview of Sony Tablet P for your own personal recognizing.
Style, Display and Dimension
Not like the Tablet S with its wedge-shaped design, Sony Tablet P comes with the rounded clamshell design with the 2 screens and the overall body is constructed of plastic-type material. Each screen measures 5.5 inches with the resolution of 1024x480 and this is somewhat below the standard display quality for an Android tablet. As a comparison, Samsung Galaxy Note has 1280x800 pixels of its 5.3 inches display. But however, the display gives the vivid and bright display with its 206 ppi of pixel density. The tablet measures 180 x 158 x 14 mm when it's opened and 180 x 79 x 28 mm when its closed. Weighing only 372 grams, this tablet is surely lighter as compared to HTC Jetstream and also the new iPad.
General Performance
With regards to hardware specs, this Android tablet has been equipped with the dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9 processor (Nvidia Tegra 2) along with the 1 GB of RAM and built-in storage of 4 GB (expandable up to 32 GB with microSD card). By having these specs, this tablet will provide the responsive and smooth operation especially when swiping through homescreen as well as moving between apps without any delays. Even so, the multi-tasking operation may perform a little bit sluggish particularly when its connected to the internet and also while its playing music in background. For the main system, the tablet comes packed with Android 3.2 (Honeycomb) and its upgradable to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). The standard battery of 3080 mAh will provide the standby time of up to 120 hours and also the music playback of up to 17 hours.
Camera
Towards the photography needs, this device sports the mediocre 5 megapixels camera with 2560?1920 pixels of maximum image resolution, autofocus, touch focus, image stabilization, geo-tagging, face and smile detection. This camera can also be functioned as HD camcorder using the video quality of 720p@30fps. For video calling necessities, there is the VGA front-facing camera which is fairly a poor quality of secondary camera particularly for the tablet device.
Connectivity
The non-3G version of Sony Tablet P only includes Wi-Fi connection to access the internet, while the 3G version allows for web browsing through the HSDPA network with the internet speed of up to 14.4 Mbps and through HSUPA with the speed of up to 5.76 Mbps. The device also has the DLNA support, Bluetooth 2.1 (A2DP) and the high-speed microUSB v2.0.
Price, Pros and Cons
The price range of Sony Tablet P is about $550 with no contract or $400 with 2-year agreement. The advantages of this tablet are the compact design, light-weight, two bright screens combined with the good hardware specs. On the other hand, this dual-screen innovation will rather useless as not all the apps and games support for this dual-screen system. Furthermore, it doesnt allow for NFC and 4G network for a much faster internet access.
