Sony Tablet S (16GB) Advantages and Disadvantages

Good: The Sony Tablet S goes above and beyond the typical tablet Honeycomb experience by offering an exclusive application, ergonomic design, the PlayStation certification for mobile gaming, video and music streaming DLNA, and the integrated universal IR remote control.

The bad: It's on the expensive side, charging adapter is proprietary, and screen brightness is not what it could be.

The bottom line: Sony to spend some time with a Tablet S, and it shows. Industrial design is clever, and software improvements that are practical and controllable.

Sony's track record in industrial design, hardware engineering, gaming, and media make the best candidate to challenge Apple iPad. One and a half years after the debut of Apple tablet, Sony hit back with a slate of Android 3.2 is bound to turn heads and win some fans.

Price $ 499 (16GB) and $ 599 (32GB), and lack of compatibility of mobile data (at least in the U.S.), Sony Tablet S does not seek to be a cheap alternative iPad. This is the height of the art of making tablets Android, and offers a truly fresh take on the design tablet.