Xperia Tablet Z

Xperia tablet Z

Sony has a new tablet to shout about in the form of the Xperia tablet Z. This 10-inch slate has a 1080p display, a super-slim frame, Android Jelly Bean and it's waterproof too.

Sony has ditched the folded over, magazine-style of its previous Tablet, instead opting for a more usual rectangular slab aesthetic.
Of particular note is its thickness; the Z measures a mere 6.9mm deep, which is quite a considerable slice off the iPad's 9.4mm. It's actually slimmer than the ipad mini (7.2mm).

But we found Sony's efforts to make the tablet so skinny aren't without drawbacks -- it's resulted in it feeling a little flimsy in the hand. If you tried hard enough you can definitely sense some flex in the chassis.

Sony has taken a typically minimal approach to the Z's design. The back is almost entirely matte black and there are no physical buttons on the front. It has quite a stark appearance that will earn it followers in the more fashionable circles, but fans of brushed metal and industrial design might want to look elsewhere.

The Z has an eight-megapixel camera on the back together with a front-facing camera capable of recording 1080p video for Skype chats.

The ports all feature rubber seals, which allow the tablet to be waterproof. Rather than offering basic splash-protection, you can actually submerge the Z in water up to a depth of one metre for up to 30 seconds. You're unlikely to want to do this of course, but it does mean that you can watch Netflix shows in the bath without worrying about dropping it in the water.

The Z's 10-inch display has a1,920x1,200-pixel resolution. We were impressed with the quality of the screenin our brief hands-on, finding it sharp, bright and vivid. It doesn't have thevast number of pixels of the Retina iPad or the  Google Nexus 10's2,560x1,600-pixel display, but you'd have to look pretty close to tell thedifference on a screen that size. The Z seems perfectly capable of doingjustice to your favourite movies and TV shows.

Sony has crammed some potent components into the slim frame. A 1.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon S4 processor powers the device, with 2GB of RAM alongside. Sony has also preloaded its Music and Movies Unlimited services (both require extra subscriptions, the former coming with a 60-day free trial) and provides access to its PlayStation games store. Thanks to the built in infra-red sensor, the Z is able to function as a universal remote, controlling not only Sony's TVs, Blu-ray players and Hi-Fis, but models from a vast list of companies, some of which were completely new to us.

WATCH

http://www.twodollarclick.com/index.php?ref=naradaakalanka