A Two-Part Tablet? Sony Says Why Not?

Not sure how I missed AT&T’s introduction of the Sony Tablet P last week, but I did. While there has been a ton of news in the mobile world about a variety of products from the latest Pad to all of the products shown in Barcelona, the Tablet P is a bit different.

The reason for this is that it is a hybrid, but not like say, the Samsung Note that is a cross between a tablet and a smartphone. This is a hybrid because it is a tablet that folds in half. The clamshell form would seem to put it solidly in the notebook/netbook category, but is it one?

Not really but I think that many will view it as such, and tablets are still new enough that many will want one with what they view as the proper from factor, not a device that can be mistaken for a netbook.

The Tablet P is powered by an Nvidia Tegra 2 dual core 1GHz processor with 1GB of RAM and 4GB of storage with an additional 2GB available using a microSD card. It runs the Android 3.2 Honeycomb operating system. It has a 5 MP camera and can record 720p video

The key feature on the tablet is the display, which consists of two separate 5.5-inch touch screens with 1024 x 480 resolution. The device folds nicely into a small form factor and can be easily stowed, or at least easier than a 10-inch tablet can be. It basically has the size of a smartphone when closed.

The tablet has Sony Playstation certification and looks to be a solid game machine, but if that is what a user wants why not get a Sony PS Vita? A bit more feature rich it might make a nice backup device for a notebook user, but appears to lack the storage for that. The Tablet P looks like it just does not fit well into any one niche and it will be interesting to see if Sony can create one for it. Rightnow that is not the way I would bet.

The tablets are available now for around $500 from Sony’s official web site but AT&T is offering the tablet bundled with a Sony Ericsson Xperia Play phone for $299.99

Apple Patents MacBook Air look- Lawsuits to Follow?

Apple has just been awarded 19 patents in the last week and one of them has the potential to stir up trouble, if the company decides that it can enforce that patent against rival notebook manufacturers.

The patent in question is No. D654,072 and it has to do with the the design of light, thin laptops. While the patent in question does not mention Apple’s MacBook Air specifically it does have a drawing that bears a very close resaemblance, according to Mashable which broke the story.

The question that everybody wants answered is will Apple go after all slim and then, tapered notebooks, will it go after ones that it feels directly copy its design or will it seek to profit by licensing the patent?

Intel and its host of notebook partners will be looking at this very carefully because the next generation ultraslim notebooks from developers, the Ultrabooks, are expected to have a very similar look and Apple could possibly prevent these devices from being sold in the United States.

However to anybody that takes a look at the market there are already some devices that are similar and have been available for some time, including versions of Sony’s VAIO notebook computers. Early adopters of the Ultrabook matra such as Hewlett-Packard with its Envy Spectre offering already have ultrabooks available that do not look like they have imitated Apple’s MacBook Air.

However there are a number of reports that Apple has put pressure on one contract manufacturer, Pegatron, who also builds for Apple, to cease building Austek’s Zenbook, an ultrabook that also has the slim profile.

The move by Apple has already generated a great deal of vitrol on line, with people vowing to never buy another product from the company. It seems to me that they should wait and see what Apple is going to do with the patents before crying wolf.

Apple has shown itself to be litigious in the past, but it also owes shareholders to protect its intellectual property and could face shareholder lawsuits if it does not protect its IP in an appropriate manner. An interesting note on the patent is that it lists the late Steve Jobs as one of the inventors.

Friday Grab Bag-How is your QB rated?

Apple stays hot
The demand for the new iPhone 4S is so great that even Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak had to stand in line to get one, and not just in line, but over night! That might show the popularity of the latest phone offering from Apple, but reports from AT&T, Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel is that they all sold out of the phone during the preorder period. A visit to their web sites shows that versions of the phones can be back ordered with a wait ranging from one to four weeks.



While RIM keeps cooling

Research in Motion was flying high just a few years ago as its RIM platform was a must have by corporate execs who used it to free themselves from their desks. The company had an overwhelming market share and no viable competition. However it looks as if the market has bypassed the company and it is feeling pressures that it is unused to and questions are arising as to if it can react properly and in time to save itself. That is the issue that is examined by Forbes and should be a warning to all companies that get complacent about their technology and market share. The recent three day outage that RIM recently experienced will not help its standings.

Sony brings video library to Tablet S
Sony is attacking rivals on multiple fronts with the rollout of its Video Unlimited for its Tablet S platform. The company is leveraging its strengths in multiple fields ranging from technology to movie distribution. The company will offer its Video Unlimited feature, which includes more than 6,500 films and 40,000 TV episodes from a wide array of film studios and networks, and will be available not only on the S Tablet but also on Sony Ericsson phones. Now you never have to miss “Friday Night Lights!” The company will eventually move the feature to other Android based devices, but not all of them and currently has no plans to support Apple’s iOS platform due to the high fees that Apple charges.


ESPN’s QB Ratings cause a Stir.
Ever wonder if ESPN’s much ballyhooed Total QBR system would give us a true look at how well a quarterback did in any one game? Here is a look at two QBs from last week. One was 26 of 39 passes for 396 yards and two touchdowns and his team won, the other completed four of 10 passes for 79 yards and a touchdown while also running the ball six times for 38 yards and a touchdown and his team lost. Which one do you think had the better game according to QBR? People have been raging about this all week around the sports world; however my position changed after I read this well thought out piece from The Big Lead. For a slightly different look go to the stats guys at FootballOutsiders.

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