Sony lining up Qriocity S1 tablet 
Sony's tablet is expected out in September
With pretty much everyone else having joined the tablet jamboree, it’s no real surprise to hear whispered rumours that Sony has a slate of its own in the pipelines that should hit the streets in the second half of this year.
According to Engadget, the Sony tablet will feature a 9.4in screen and will run Android 3.0 Honeycomb – no surprise there. Like most other Android clients, though, Sony will give Google’s OS a bit of a makeover, a job that’s currently underway by Sony’s PlayStation, Vaio and Reader development teams, with the help of mobile partner Sony Ericsson.
The report claims that the device will appear on the market under the name Qriocity S1 – using the title of Sony’s recently launched media streaming service. This suggests that it will very much be a device focused on entertainment rather than productivity.
It’ll also take on a fair amount of the gaming smarts present on the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, and will no doubt have plenty of graphics clout too with the help of Sony’s Bravia arm.
It sounds like a formidable tablet contender, and if Engadget’s report is accurate Sony is hoping to get it on the shelves by around September.
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