{"id":51022,"date":"2013-02-25T14:47:47","date_gmt":"2013-02-25T12:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=51022"},"modified":"2013-02-25T14:57:19","modified_gmt":"2013-02-25T12:57:19","slug":"sony-xperia-tablet-z-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/51022-sony-xperia-tablet-z-announced","title":{"rendered":"Sony Xperia Tablet Z unveiled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sony announced at Mobile World Congress today (25 February 2013) that it plans to launch its Android tablet PC, the Xperia Tablet Z, during Q2 2013.<\/p>\n<p>As Sony showed during their <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/50733-playstation-4-unveiled.html\">PlayStation 4 reveal<\/a>, remote play and second screens are major features of the next-gen console, and a companion device such as the Xperia Tablet Z perfectly suits the bill.<\/p>\n<p>The PS4 companion app will function on both Android and iOS devices.<\/p>\n<p>Featuring a 10.1-inch display, support for Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks, and a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro system-on-chip, the Sony Xperia Tablet Z boasts a competitive spec sheet.<\/p>\n<p>Being 6.9mm thick, Sony said that, at the time of the announcement, the Xperia Tablet Z is the slimmest tablet in its class.<\/p>\n<p>The IP55 and IP57 rating of the Sony Xperia Tablet Z also means it has the highest levels of water resistance ever delivered in a tablet, making it immune to accidental spills and splashes, Sony said.<\/p>\n<p>It will be available in black or white, and in LTE and Wi-Fi versions.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_69054\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69054\" class=\"size-full wp-image-69054\" title=\"Sony Xperia Tablet Z\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Sony-Xperia-Tablet-Z.jpg\" alt=\"Sony Xperia Tablet Z\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-69054\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sony Xperia Tablet Z<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sony added that the Xperia Tablet Z will launch on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean), but is upgradable to 4.2 after launch \u201cfor the latest Android user experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The key features for Xperia Tablet Z highlighted by Sony are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>10.1\u201d HD 1920x1200p WUXGA Display with Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2;<\/li>\n<li>S-Force Front Surround 3D;<\/li>\n<li>6.9 mm thick, and weighing 495g;<\/li>\n<li>Dust and water resistant (IP55 &amp; IP57) with a durable glass front display;<\/li>\n<li>1.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro processor;<\/li>\n<li>2GB RAM;<\/li>\n<li>Near Field Communication (NFC);<\/li>\n<li>8 MP rear camera featuring \u201cExmor R for mobile\u201d and 2MP HD front camera;<\/li>\n<li>Battery STAMINA mode further improves the standby time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gadget news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/50733-playstation-4-unveiled.html\">PlayStation 4 unveiled<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/50958-ps4-pre-order-pricing-appears.html\">PS4 pre-order pricing appears<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/50938-playstation-4-no-dualshock-3-support.html\">Playstation 4: no DualShock 3 support<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A dust and water resistant Android tablet PC from Sony was announced at Mobile World Congress<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":51027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8585],"tags":[31,71,9025],"class_list":["post-51022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-gadgets","tag-active","tag-sony","tag-xperia-tablet-z"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/157"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51022"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51028,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51022\/revisions\/51028"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}