Sony Xperia Tablets, Smartphones Sport Waterproof Design

by Nathan Eddy

Stainless steel corners, an ultraslim rounded frame and a tempered glass front provide Sony’s typical elegant and durable finish. The tablet is available in either white or black, and the IP65/68 rating means you won’t have to worry about water or dust getting in the way of performance. The device is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 Quad-core 2.5GHz processor with 3GB RAM.

The PlayStationApp lets you use the tablet as a second screen to remotely watch the game play of your game friends, communicate with PSN friends, purchase PS4 games and download to PS4, or simply control your PS4.

Sony put some thought into productivity with this tablet, allowing users to work from anywhere with the Xperia Email, Calendar and Contacts apps, which can be synced using Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync (EAS), and users can also download business apps from the Android community. With near-field communication (NFC) compatibility, it’s also possible to connect devices and share with more than 160 one-touch devices.

The corners on Xperia E3 are designed to prevent scratches in case of an unexpected bump and are teamed with a scratch-resistant screen made of durable tempered glass. Sony’s dual-SIM management technology means that users can keep both SIMs active and never miss a call, even when talking on one of them.

The Xperia E3 features the Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor with quad-core 1.2GHz CPUs and 4G LTE capabilities, a 4.5-inch display with a wide viewing angle, and a 5 megapixel camera with HDR, which allows users to capture photos even with backlight and to record HD videos. In selected markets, the E3 will come with an entertainment package, including a 30-day premium subscription trial of Sony’s Music Unlimited cloud-based digital music service.

For those tracks that aren’t in high-res quality, Sony’s DSEE HX technology, available now for the first time in the Z3 series, upscales the fidelity of MP3 or AAC music collection as well as playlists on Sony’s cloud-based digital music service, Music Unlimited, to near-high-resolution quality.

When shooting video, Sony’s new SteadyShot technology with Intelligent Active Mode compensates for your movements, analyzing dozens of backward and forward frames to predict your next steps and make panning smoother and images more stable. Plus, you can now fit more into every shot with the new 25mm wide-angle Sony G Lens.

The Z3’s smaller brother pushes the capabilities of power to give you a battery life of up to two days. Users can squeeze even more juice from the battery with Sony’s Battery Stamina Mode, which turns off background functions when you’re not using them.

The SmartWatch 3 offers significant steps up from SmartWatch 2, including a 1.6-inch LCD Transflective display for visibility in bright sunlight, set within a stainless steel back panel, built-in 4GB local memory, built-in microphone, and Accelerometer, Compass, Gyro and GPS sensor technology. It is waterproof, rated IP683 and charges with a standard microUSB port.

With its built-in microphone and speaker, SmartBand Talk comes with a short call function, so you can talk into it and hear your caller, with HD Voice support. A built-in accelerometer and altimeter sensor technology feels how you move, and how much, to provide an overview of your daily physical activity.