Sony Tablet S 3G vs Amazon Kindle Fire HD

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          General Info

          Manufacturer
          Sony Amazon
          Announced
          August 2011 September 2012
          Status
          Available - September 2011 Available - September 2012
          Colors
          Black Black
          Form Factor
          Candybar Candybar
          Dimension
          241.2 x 174.3 x 10.1-20.6 mm
          (9.5 x 6.86 x 0.4-0.81 in)
          193 x 137 x 10.3 mm
          (7.6 x 5.39 x 0.41 in)
          Weight
          625 g (22.05 oz) 395 g (13.93 oz)
          2G Network
          GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 N/A
          3G Network
          HSDPA 900 / 2100 N/A
          4G Network
          - -
          Messaging
          , EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

          Hardware and OS

          OS
          Android OS, v3.2 (Honeycomb), planned upgrade to v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.0 (customized)
          Processor
          Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 2 T20 [Similar] Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4460 [Similar]
          GPU
          ULP GeForce [Similar] PowerVR SGX540 [Similar]
          RAM
          1 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
          Internal Memory
          16/32 GB storage 16/32 GB storage
          External Memory
          SD, up to 32 GB No

          Display

          Type
          TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
          Colors
          16M colors 16M colors
          Size
          9.4 inches [Similar] 7.0 inches [Similar]
          Resolution
          800 x 1280 pixels (161 ppi) [Similar] 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) [Similar]
          Screen-to-Body Ratio
          60.62% 53.55%
          Multi-Touch
          yes multi touch yes multi touch

          Camera

          Rear Camera
          5 MP, 2560х1920 pixels [Similar] 1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels [Similar]
          Flash
          No No
          Features
          Auto focus, Touch Focus, Image Stabilization, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection -
          Video
          Yes, 720p@30fps No
          Front Camera
          Yes, 0.3 MP [Similar] No [Similar]

          Multimedia

          3.5mm Jack
          3.5 mm jack yes 3.5 mm jack yes
          Radio
          No No
          Games
          Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
          Loud Speaker
          loudspeaker yes loudspeaker yes

          Connectivity and Data Rate

          GPRS
          No No
          Edge
          No No
          3G
          HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps No
          Bluetooth
          Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, with A2DP
          Wi-Fi
          Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
          USB
          Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go Yes, v2.0
          GPS
          Yes No
          Browser
          HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 (Amazon Silk)

          User Memory

          Internal
          16/32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16/32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
          Expandable Storage
          SD, up to 32 GB No
          USB OTG
          Supported -

          Sensors

          Fingerprint
          fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
          Proximity Sensor
          proximity sensor not present proximity sensor not present
          Accelerometer Sensor
          accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
          NFC
          NFC not supported NFC not supported

          Battery

          Type
          Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery (16.43 Wh)
          Capacity
          - 4400 mAh
          Stand by
          Up to 400 h -
          Talk Time
          - Up to 11 h

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