Sony Unleashes Its Plan to Launch Two Android Tablets till the End of This Year

After the long expectations of the analysts all over the industry, Sony has finally made the announcement of its grand entry in the ever-growing market of tablet PC. It has declared that it will launch its two initial products till the end of this year which will be based on the most advanced version of Google's Android operating system. These tablets are codenamed S1 and S2 by the Japan-based company until they are completely developed or have an official name. This announcement took place on Tuesday, when it was also officially disclosed that these products will be launched worldwide this fall.

Any further elaboration regarding the actual price range or any precise launch dates was not disclosed yet. However, it some of the most basic specifications and features were displayed along with a raw demonstration prototypes of these two products, at the news conference in Tokyo.

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It was publicized that S1 will be a slate-type designed model which will have a 9.4-inch wide screen. Announcement stated that from far it will definitely look like many other rival products in the market; however, he continued that looking more precisely the distinguishing features will be observed. He added that the shape will be like a wedge, which implies that the upper section of the tablet will be relatively thicker than the lower-end which will make it easier to hold in hand.

Nintendo Announces To Release the Second Generation of Wii In 2012

The next generation of the superhot gaming console, which is perhaps the iconic product of Nintendo, Wii console, has been announced to arrive in 2012. This announcement was made on a press conference which took place on Monday; as Nintendo Co. did not reveal a single new feature in the upcoming generation of Wii. However, it did share its intention as the company disclosed that it has scheduled to display a functioning model of the new console at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, which will take place from the 7^th to 9^th June 2011, in Los Angeles.

Nintendo was once the most dominant company involved in the market of selling video game consoles as it has till now accumulatively sold 86 million

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 Wiis since the launch of 2006. The reason behind Wii hijacking the market share was it pioneering motion-sensing controller. These controllers lead to a complete new era of sports-style gaming, like for example in a game involving baseball or boxing the players will only have to maneuver their body as they would do when actually pitching a ball or throwing a punch. Regardless of anything, it was at the time, the best gaming experience offered as most the user found it multi-purpose as they would only install an additional step-board, called Wii Fit which allowed them to actually perform dance steps or yoga in variety of games.

Sony Takes Time Out to "rebuild" The PlayStation Network, Once After It Was Attacked By Sophisticated Intrusions

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It has been the fourth day today, that the both the services of Sony's PlayStation Network and Qriocity service remain non-operational. The users have all their hands on as they continue to wait even after the company’s official announcement of Sunday, stating that Sony is "rebuilding" its entire system, which will be better guarded against such attacks.

Previously on Saturday the company had announced that this non-functioning of the services is due to the "external intrusion" into its network. However, any understandably explanation of the problem was not disclosed, as the cause remains ambiguous.

Google Defends Its Methods of Collecting Users Location Data through Android Phones, While Apple Remains Silent

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The public investigations and of the method adopted to tack the locations and relevant practices has caught a lot of buzz recently. The two major companies alleged in this debacle, are Google Inc. and Apple Inc.; out of which Google has recently responded to the allegations and safeguarded its methods of gathering location data of Android users, whereas on the other hand, Apple Inc. still gives no respond even on the third day.

There is no denying from the fact that all these smartphones are constantly transmitting back the locations coordinates to the Google and Apple servers. But it should also be made clear, as both the companies are profound to profess, that all the users have complete authority to cut this transition of data collection by simply switching off the location-based services of the mobile from options. However, it is also considerable that doing this also means that you are limiting few of the most common features of the mobile like maps.