Sony Dual-Screen S2 Tablet Hits FCC

Sony’s dual-screen S2 tablet hits the FCC, boasting AT&T-ready cellular frequencies and will sport 2.4GHz 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth, and most tellingly, 850MHz and 1900MHz 3G bands suggesting a launch on AT&T.

Sony’s just been granted approval for one of their most interesting devices to date at the FCC, the Sony S2, a dual-screen tablet slated to run Honeycomb. The FCC listing doesn’t provide many new details about the Sony S2, but it will apparently support 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth and support for AT&T’s 3G mobile broadband network. The device could also support21Mbps HSPA+ wireless networks and most of the information about the S2 is hidden away behind a confidentiality request, there’s one thing that almost always shows up in FCC documents: the placement of the FCC ID label. In at least one version of the Sony S2, that label will be hidden away in the battery compartment. That means you have to remove the battery to see it — which means you can remove the battery. That’s something that will set this device apart from most of the touchscreen Android tablets we’ve seen in recent months. The dual-display setup is probably a bigger differentiator though. The Sony S2 is expected to feature two 5.5 inch, 1024 x 480 pixel displays which can be used together or to display two separate apps at the same time. The device will have a 1 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor and it will fold up into a cylindar for easy storage.

 

Nextbook Next5 Android Tablet

Nextbook released it’s brand-new Nextbook Next5 Android Tablet 7-inch tablet operating Android Operating system. This gadget is becomes the world’s first Android tablet with built-in APEN digital pen.

The Next5 Android tablet is a 7-inch screen device which comes with its own Digital Pen, a special instrument which allows you to draw, sketch, or write on your notepad and import the writings directly to the tablet, via the Digital Pen Technology.

The slate features a sleek, elegant design and it features a 7-inch display with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels, 2GB of internal memory, 25 free eBooks, a microSD card for extra storage, an MP3 and photo viewer, and the eBook Store, which allows you to purchase eBooks online. The battery is said to last approximately 10 hours while reading books.

The special APEN digital pen will wirelessly connect to the Next5 tablet and you can therefore send notes, emails or sketches written on regular paper to the slate. The Next5 tablet is now available for purchase, selling for $299.

 

Aava Introduced X86 SDK for Android developers

t’s a new mobile for Aava.Aava Mobile has introduced a hardware-enhanced SDK targeted at Android developers writing X86 apps for Morestown-powered tablets and smartphones.

The Virta Android is a fully functioning x86 smartphone that comes pre-loaded with a tailored Android SDK ported to Intel Atom processors.

Aava Mobile created Virta Android to give application developers a real-world device for development and testing. Virta Android is cross-compatible with all current Android SDK software and comes with a capacitive touch screen, accelerometer, GPS, haptic feedback, and video/still camera.

Virta Android includes a GSM/EDGE quad band and WCDMA triple-band (band I, II and V) modem, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and all antennae connectivity for complete platform and application testing. The Virta Android is the only phone factor SDK for developing and testing Android platforms and applications to run on Intel Atom based devices.

The Virta Android h-SDK was created in cooperation with Intel and has been validated and hardened for Android by Wind River. Application developers Ixonos and Teleca are already using a beta version of Virta Android.

Aava Mobile’s Virta Android h-SDK for developing ‘Android on Intel Atom Processors’ can be pre-ordered by visiting Aava’s website. The h-SDK is slated to ship in Q3 of 2010.