“Sony’s new tablet computers failed to excite gadget reviewers and analysts who criticized the pricing and quality of the devices, underscoring the battle Sony faces regaining its consumer electronics crown,” Isabel Reynolds and Liana B. Baker report for Reuters.
“Sony Corp is already late to the game with its first tablet, which hits stores this month, more than a year and a half after Apple Inc launched the blockbuster iPad,” Reynolds and Baker report. “Reviewers and analysts highlighted a high price and features that suggested Sony would remain an also-ran rather than a leader in the tablet market. Two versions of Sony’s main tablet cost $499 and $599, the same price as two lower-end Apple iPad models.”
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Reynolds and Baker report, “A review on the Gizmodo tech blog called the tablet ‘extremely plasticky’ and said its screen scratched more easily than other tablets… Research firm Forrester put out a blog post saying Sony’s pricing ‘raises a red flag.'”
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