Sony’s first Android tablets, the S1, are now officially named the Tablet S. The two tablets will be released within the first two weeks of September. These Sony Android tablets boasts a 9.4 inch screen with 1280×768 resolution. They come with Android 3.1 Honeycomb. The main feature of these tablet models is home entertainment integration. These babies have integrated IR blaster that can control home theater devices. Unfortunately, only the DLNA-compatible hardware syncs with these devices.

A front-facing 3-megapixel camera and a rear-facing 5 megapixel camera is attached in these tablets. Also wireless keyboard and dock and connector dongles are also built within these Android-based tablets. This tablet is also PlayStation certified, meaning, these tablets are game optimized aside from being a full-blown entertainment device. The price is uncertain but prepare for a high one.

Source: Engadget

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VIA Technologies and Chinese PC OEM Tsinghua Tongfang has are coming out with a netbook of their own called the Tongfan S1 netbook. Since this is in partnership with VIA, it is but logical that said netbook will not be powered by Intel’s Atom processor but a 1.6GHz VIA C7-M processor combined with the VIA VX700 chipset.

The Tongfang S1 netbook will have a 10.2-inch LCD screen, business card manager, portable hard drive with battery pack, a digital photo frame or DVD playback. In addition, said netbook would also have Wi-Fi and an optional GPS navigation.

The S1 netbook will have retail for around $583 and will be available in white, blue, pink, gold or black color. Release date in the China market is still unknown though.

Here’s a more detailed rundown of the Tongfang S1 netbook’s features and specs:

• 10.2-inch screen (1024×600)
• 1.6GHz VIA C7-M processor
• VIA VX700 UDM IGP Chipset
• Windows Vista with Linux dual interface
• 1 GB RAM
• 80GB HDD
• 1.3 megapixel camera
• Wi-Fi
• HD audio with 2 ports for speaker phone microphone
• 3 USB ports, Ethernet LAN port, 4-in-1 card reader
• 6-cell or 3-cell battery pack

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