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Sony's New Android-based Dual Screen Tablets

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-got-double-vision dept.

trawg writes "Sony has officially announced a new line of 'Sony tablets.' There are two models, both offering 3G/4G and Wi-Fi running Android 3.0 — one is a typical tablet with a 9.4-inch screen and the other is an 'unprecedented dual screen' type. Digital content is a big focus: music, books and first generation PlayStation titles will all be available (subject to the usual region restrictions for content)."

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  1. Oh, it's Sony by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Wow, those tablets sound interesting.

    Oh, wait. Sony makes them. I'll pass, thanks.

    1. Re:Oh, it's Sony by stonewallred · · Score: 5, Insightful
      Yep. Nice big screen on one, portability and fun stuff on the other.

      But that big SONY name on them means I will never own one.

    2. Re:Oh, it's Sony by logru · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I would just like to add a +1 to this, and would have loved to see a poll on the number of people who would just never buy a Sony device. After owning a Sony laptop (why do I want that memoryshtick shit and why is everything on it non-standard?), a minidisc recorder (why can I only upload to it, not even download stuff I recorded myself?), seen the crazy that was the rootkit (thankfully didn't happen to me) I vowed never to buy their crap again. The playstation nonsense proved that it was a good idea and I can't see it ever change. Friends don't let friends buy Sony.

  2. Don't forget! by Zaphod-AVA · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Sony uses your money for things you hate. Fuck Sony.

  3. Too bad... by Goboxer · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This looks neat. But there is no way in hell I am buying anything from Sony. They've probably rigged it so that three days after you buy it a circus clown pops out of and tries to stab you in the face.

  4. Re:Dual screen game system? by Znork · · Score: 5, Insightful

    One may also wonder what one will be able to do on it in a year. Maybe Sony suddenly realizes that Android uses Linux and decides to disable Android as a bootable option.

    No thanks to Sony products as far as I'm concerned.