After months of teasing us with official images and fun yet odd videos, Sony finally showed of its tablet combo in the UK today ? with both the Sony S1 and S2 getting an airing in London.
Our excitement of seeing the tablets in the flesh was dampened two-fold, however.
The first being that they weren't turned on (early samples that can't handle the pressure of journo's hands apparently) and they were encased in an, er, case.
This didn't stop us snapping a few pictures of the tablets and trying to figure out what all the connectors and buttons on the devices do.
As you can see from the shots, the S1 tablet sports a folded lip on the back. When we first heard about this we did think that this would add extra chunk to the device, but up close it a lot thinner than first imagined.
It is on each of the sides of this lip that you find the S1's connections. On one side you have a headphone socket and underneath this a flap that hides USB connectivity.
On the other side there is a physical 'on' button, volume control and a pin-hole reset button ? hopefully something you will never have to use.
Down the edge of the chassis there seemed to be an SD card slot and two holes on either side for speakers.
You have also go DLNA capabilities, which does seem to be a substitute for an HDMI connection.
A logo on the back of the S1 indicated PlayStation (it has the button icons), which makes a lot of sense considering the S1 will connect up to the PlayStation Store.
The 9.4-inch screen on the S1 does look decent ? even if we were just staring into a blank space.
We did manage to eek a little bit of information out of a Sony rep, however, that it will be using the latest Android for tablets (wouldn't confirm is this will be Honeycomb or Ice Cream Sandwich) and that there will be a slight Sony overlay on the OS, but this is merely to speed up the tablet.
One of the ways it will do this is with Quick View, which will load websites faster and there will also be some more software which will make the gesture control slicker than your average capacitive screen.
As there are many Sony service which will be linking with the S1 (including Qriocity), there will be some pretty cool integration with the tablet and your TV.
According to the Sony rep you will be able to physically flick media you are watching on the tablet on to your TV.
The Sony S1 tablet UK release date is autumn, with pricing to be announced.
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