Sony stops selling its tablets


Just one month after the launch of the new Xperia Tablet S Sony has stopped the sale of its Android tablets for now. Because of a manufacturing error on some devices a leaky gap between screen and case has emerged, can penetrate through the water. Sony marketed the tablet as splashproof. Currently, the wireless models on Sony's website as "currently not available" is checked. UMTS-enabled versions will follow in November. So far, about 100,000 units worldwide were sold. As the Handelsblatt reports online, Sony flat from the end of October a free inspection and repair program for customers who have already purchased a model SGPT121DE or SGPT122DE.

In the past week, Sony had launched its own online store for games apps under the name "Playstation portable," the little games for the Xperia Tablet S and others as "Playstation Certified" offers issued Android devices and the mobile console PS Vita. The starting line-up includes 20 items priced between 49 cents and 5.49 euros. Sony wants to curate the selection of gaming apps in the early days yet and selecting the tracks themselves, later it was to be released eventually. By the additional sales of downloadable games is hoping the entertainment company, to sell its smartphones and tablets competing models and to be able to attract more studios to develop games for the PS Vita.

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