Sony prepara su tablet Android

A principios de marzo se había filtrado información acerca de la Sony S1, una tablet con certificación PlayStation pero si bien no se confirmó su existencia, podemos asegurar que la compañía prepara su propia tablet.

La gente de Bloomberg asegurá que el diario Nikkei reportó que Sony planea lanzar una tablet para fines de verano (invierno para nosotros), y entonces no utilizarían la marca Sony Ericsson.

Esta información la habría confirmado el CEO de Sony, Howard Stringer, y aunque no trascendieron detalles de la tablet, estaría enfocada en el mercado estadounidense con alguna operadora como socia para el lanzamiento.

Lo seguro, es que la Sony Tablet correría Android 3.0 Honeycomb y algunos arriesgan que contará con una pantalla de 9.4 pulgadas (1280 x 800 pixels).

Fuente: Celularis

Sony Android Honeycomb tablet coming to the US this summer?

Reportedly, the tablet has been confirmed by Sony’s CEO Howard Stringer who, according to Bloomberg, told Nikkei that the device would be released before the summer’s end.

It looks like Sony chose the US to as the first market where the Honeycomb tablet will be released. Most likely, there will be at least one carrier to offer the tablet (maybe Verizon, since it’s also launching the SE Xperia Play).

Sony’s CEO didn’t unveil other details, but the upcoming tablet is expected to feature a 9.4 inch display with 1280 x 800 pixels, Nvidia Tegra 2 dual-core processor, two cameras, PlayStation games, and a unique wrap design. We’re now waiting for some photos of the device to show up.

Source: UV

Firefox 4 beats IE9 out of the gate in usage

Chrome and Safari continue to gain share of worldwide usage while IE and Firefox continue to lose. Note that statistics shifted in February 2011 a little because of updated population figures changed how much some countries were weighted. (Credit: Data from Net Applications; chart by Stephen Shankland/CNET)

Despite arriving a week later, Firefox 4 is outpacing Internet Explorer 9 in real-world use so far, new statistics show.

Microsoft released IE9 on March 14, and Mozilla's Firefox 4 arrived on March 22--both brand-new even by the fast-moving standards of today's software market. By month's end, IE9 accounted for 1.0 percent of browsing activity worldwide, according to statistics from analytics firm Net Applications. Firefox 4, though, reached 1.7 percent, despite its later start.

Firefox 4 has a big advantage in usage statistics over IE9: Windows XP. Mozilla's browser works on the decade-old operating system, but IE9 requires Windows Vista SP2 or Windows 7. Given that Windows XP machines represent 54.4 percent of the usage on the Internet right now to Windows 7's 24.2 percent and Vista's 10.6 percent, Windows XP is a big ally even if the growth is with Windows 7.

Source: CNET