Sony Tablet
Sony Tablet (ソニー・タブレット) is a discontinued series of Android based tablet computers, produced from 2011 to 2012 by Sony Corporation.[1] Two models were released: Sony Tablet S and Sony Tablet P.
Developer
September 16, 2011 (Tablet S Wi-Fi)
October 28, 2011 (Tablet S Wi-Fi+3G)
October 28, 2011 (Tablet P Wi-Fi)
April 21, 2012 (Tablet P Wi-Fi+3G)
2012
It was succeeded by the Sony Xperia Tablet S which is part of the mobile unit under the Xperia brand name.
Sony's Vaio division had released tablet-like products before, such as the Sony Vaio U series in 2004.[2] Its first tablet computer however was the Airboard, which was released in Japan in 2000 and the brainchild of Satoru Maeda.[3][4]
On April 26, 2011, Sony announced that it would be developing two Android tablets, codenamed S1 and S2. The S1 (which became the Tablet S) was said to be "optimized for rich media entertainment" while the S2 (later Tablet P) would be "ideal for mobile communication and entertainment".[5]
On 15 June 2011, Sony released the first in a series of five videos titled "Two Will", promoting and featuring the Tablets in an elaborately designed Rube Goldberg Machine.[6] The episodes are entitled:
