You may call Sony a late entrant into the market of Android tablets, but like the classy girl late to the party, Sony may have the best looks of the lot. (Check out our Carbon Fiber Skins for this) Sony it brings a couple of differently featured tablets. Even though Tablet S seems to be more traditional, it is to be found whether Sony can make a place in this market.

The two tablets are different mostly in terms of design. It has been said that Tablet S is similar to a folded newspaper and it feels precisely like that in your hand. When other tablets feel a little tricky to hold in a single hand, the Tablet S is easy to grip in portrait. You would also find the design to be easy to grip in the landscape. Compared to most of the similar-spec tablets, the Tablet S is much lighter and easier to hold.

At a weight of just 598g, the Tablet S is quite lighter as compared to the likes of Motorola Xoom. The tab has a 9.4 inch LCD screen with a resolution of 1280×800 pixels that gives that characteristic sharp and colorful visuals that is the trademark of Sony. The unique design of the screen ensures that even when kept flat it is at an angle, which is ideal for typing, reading or browsing.

The 160ppi pixel density is among the highest you can find in the tablets, giving you finer detail – the texts are crispier and you can view more on the website without zooming much. The Tablet S runs on Android 3.2. A Honeycomb tablet, it has all the controls on the screen except for the volume and power/standby controls.

It has microSD and USB card slots hidden under the flap and a 3.5mm headphone jack. It is interesting to note the SD card feature, as it is included to facilitate those who want to insert the card from their digital camera instead of those seeking to enhance the storage.

The Tablet S has wireless connections in the form of Bluetooth 2.1, Wi-Fi b/g/n and the top model has 3G connectivity. It has a 5 megapixel main camera on the back and a 0.3 megapixel camera on the front. The hardware consists of Nvidia Tegra 2 chipset with a speed of 1GHz and 1GB RAM.

In addition, Sony has packed several applications that display different aspects of the existing machine from Sony. This includes Video Unlimited, Music Unlimited and Reader to handle e-Books. There is a Social Feeds Reader that gives you access to Facebook and Twitter, and SelectApp gives you suggestions about more apps.

There are some amazing IR remote features in the phone. It has hundreds of remote configurations of several manufacturers, allowing you to run several televisions and media accessories. The unique thing about this feature is that you can control your television through your tablet without using its remote.

There is lot to this tablet from Sony, and there is no doubt that it is appealing for you if you don’t want to go around searching for the ideal apps. However, there isn’t much that can’t be done using another Android tablet.