Aside from the usual ICS update, which will launch in April, Sony will bundle in additional photo functionality, like the ability to activate the tablets' cameras directly from their lock screen, edit photos in the gallery application, and take panoramic photos. The update also allows Sony Tablet users to watch programs they’ve recorded on their compatible Blu-Ray recorders with a downloadable app.
Another feature Sony adds is "Small Apps." Users will be able to launch a small calculator, remote control, or browser window on top of their currently running app.
In addition to the ICS upgrade for the Tablet P and the Tablet S, Sony announced a Wi-Fi-only version of the Tablet P for 5,000 Yen (roughly $600) on April 21. The Wi-Fi-only Tablet P will be customizable as customers can purchase an interchangeable front and back panel ranging in colors such as black, white, gold, pink, and blue. This is the same Tablet P that is available now, except without the 3G radio.
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The quad-core tablet will ship running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and will sport a 10.1-inch display with a 1280 x 800 resolution. Other features include Dolby Mobile 3 audio, micro HDMI and micro USB 2.0 ports, 1 GB of RAM, and 32 GB of flash storage (expandable via a microSD card slot).
The tablet’s cameras include a 1-megapixel front-facing camera with zoom and a 5 megapixel rear-facing camera that allows users to take snapshots while recording video. The Iconia A510’s connectivity capabilities include 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1+ EDR. And to keep the A510 from running out of juice at the worst possible time, the tablet comes with a 9800mAh battery, allegedly one of the highest capacities in the industry, to provide users with up to 12 hours of video playback.
Acer proudly touts the A510’s productivity features as well, which include preloaded copies of Polaris Office 3.5, Evernote, and Adobe Flash 11. Perhaps most useful, though, is the inclusion of the Acer Print app, which allows users to wirelessly print from their tablet and is supposedly compatible with “87 percent of brand name printers on the current market.”
In a rather unique design choice, the Iconia A510 will be a “special Olympic Games Tablet Edition of the Acer Iconia Tab line,” according to a press release. As such, the tablet’s soft-touch chassis will be branded with both the Acer and Olympic logos (the rings) to celebrate Acer’s sponsorship of the upcoming 2012 Olympic Games.
Preorders have already begun for the A510, with prices starting at $449.99 for the 32 GB model, which is available in either silver or black. No word yet on whether or not there will be other models with varying storage capacities and, if so, how much they will go for.
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In the last week, Localytics said that only 6 percent of all sessions on iPads were coming from cellular networks, the rest coming from Wi-Fi. The numbers show how the majority of the public aren’t interested in having 3G or 4G on their devices.
However, Localytics did find out that those who did have cellular chips in their iPads used both Wi-Fi and the cellular networks equally. On devices with 3G connectivity, it accounts for 45 percent of all usage. For 4G iPads, it accounts for 36 percent of all usage, at the moment.
One reason that customers aren’t in favor of coughing up more money to receive an iPad with 3G or 4G connectivity may be because of capped data plans. The arrival of 4G LTE access on the new iPad led to users watching videos, burning through their pre-allotted gigabytes of data usage very quickly.
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