14 DAY TRIAL // While the Sony Xperia Tablet Z is already up for sale in some regions, such as Japan (the company's home country), the same cannot be said about the rest of the world. This might change for the US though.
The device hasn't begun selling in the United States yet, but rumors have been saying that it will happen soon, and the Federal Communications Commission all but confirmed them.
Basically, the Sony Xperia Tablet Z has been examined by the FCC and judged compliant with all communications regulations.
Tablet Z will still arrive in Europe before the US, but at least now we know that the wait won't be too long even there.
Spec-wise, the 10.1-inch tablet relies on a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ864 quad-core CPU for data processing. Its clock speed is of 1.5 GHz.
2 Gb of RAM back up the platform, while an Adreno 320 GPU (graphics processing unit) provides the video decoding capabilities.
High-quality photos and Full HD video will play on the rugged tablet just fine, and the 10.1-inch LCD will do them justice as well, thanks to its resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels (224 ppi density).
Of course, rugged might be too strong a term. The Tablet Z is definitely not bulky or ugly enough to qualify, some might argue.
Nevertheless, the device is resistant to dust and water, giving it a higher survival rate than others of its kind.
Moving on, Sony chose to give the Xperia Z an 8.1 megapixel camera on the back (photo and video capture), a lower-quality webcam on the front (video chatting), a microSD card slot (will supplement the built-in 16GB/32GB storage) and a 6000mAh battery.
The product should last for a few good hours while running whatever owners want on the Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean operating system, with Wi-Fi enabled. The price will be of $500 / 500 Euro for the 16 GB model and $600 / 600 Euro for the 32 GB one.