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Among the gadgets getting buzz here at the Mobile World Congress is Sony's (SNE) “Experia Z” tablet, a 10-inch piece of glass that's very lightweight and thin, has a superb 8-megapixel rear camera and a very decent 2-megapixel front camera, runs on a quad-core 1.5-gigahertz processor, has 2 gigs of RAM, and runs Google's Android.
A battery life estimate wasn't offered, but I was told by a rep in Sony's booth that he has reliably made it through viewing of three movies in a row on a single charge. It has an IR blaster that can control all manner of home gizmos, from iPod docks to TVs to stereos and on and on (there's actually a rather impressive-looking drop-down menu of choices when one is adding a new device to the tablet's control panel.)
One industry observer at the show with whom I spoke described it as the best Android tablet out there.
But one of the more striking features is that the waterproof tablet is able to be submerged in a meter of water for up to thirty minuts and “keep on ticking,” as they say. The booth had a glass case filled with water on top of a podium, with the Experia tablet attached to an armature. You could press a button and watch the Experia get dunked. It was probably one of the more enjoyable experiences at the conference, though it would have been better if it involved pitching a softball at a target.
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