Apple iPad Wi-Fi + 3G vs Sony Tablet S 3G

General Info

Manufacturer
Apple	Sony
Announced
January 2010	August 2011
Status
Available - March 2010. Discontinued - March 2011	Available - September 2011
Colors
Silver	Black
Form Factor
Candybar	Candybar
Dimension
242.8 x 189.7 x 13.4 mm (9.56 x 7.47 x 0.53 in)	241.2 x 174.3 x 10.1-20.6 mm (9.5 x 6.86 x 0.4-0.81 in)
Weight
730 g (25.75 oz)	625 g (22.05 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100	HSDPA 900 / 2100
4G Network
-	-
Messaging
, Push Mail, EMail, IM	, EMail, IM

Type
LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen	TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors	16M colors
Size
9.7 inches [Similar]	9.4 inches [Similar]
Resolution
768 x 1024 pixels (132 ppi)	800 x 1280 pixels (161 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
63.22%	60.62%
Multi-Touch

OS
iOS 4, upgradable to iOS 5.1	Android OS, v3.2 (Honeycomb), planned upgrade to v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Processor
1 GHz Cortex-A8, Apple A4 [Similar]	Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 2 T20 [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR SGX535 [Similar]	ULP GeForce [Similar]
RAM
256 MB [Browse Similar]	1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16/32/64 GB storage	16/32 GB storage
External Memory
No	SD, up to 32 GB

Rear Camera
-	5 MP, 2560х1920 pixels [Similar]
Flash
No	No
Features
-	Auto focus, Touch Focus, Image Stabilization, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection
Video
-	Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera
-	Yes, 0.3 MP [Similar]

GPRS
Yes	No
Edge
Yes	No
3G
HSDPA, HSUPA	HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR	Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA
USB
Yes, v2.0	Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support	Yes
Browser
HTML (Safari)	HTML, Adobe Flash