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With Sony's anticipated S1 and S2 tablets preparing for an autumn release, the company has been busy readying support documents, some of which went public prematurely this week.

S1 and S2 tablets

According to the screenshots – grabbed by Carrypad from Sony's support site before their hasty removal – the Sony slabs will ship with the latest Android 3.2.

The company is also set to include a Wi-Fi checker app, as well as Chumby support, Zinio and a music player with SenseMe mode - a system of selecting tunes based on mood.

Sony S1/S2 screenshots

Fresh OS
Source: Carrypad

One shot shows the device using a proprietary adaptor, while another offers a glimpse at Sony's virtual keyboard with numeric keypad.

The company has been relatively silent over the slate's specifications, although sources indicated to Cnet this week that both models will offer 16GB and 32GB versions.

The same insiders said the S1 will come in both Wi-Fi only and 3G + Wi-Fi editions, while the S2 will only offer the latter. Battery life is supposedly "comparable to the iPad 2".

Sony S1/S2 screenshots

Numeric keypad
Source: Carrypad

Sony's S1 and S2 tablets will hit shelves this autumn, most likely before IFA this September. For further leaked screenshots, click through to page 2. ®

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why

Proprietary cable connection!!! really, why are tablet manufactures going down this route, when all the phones are going standard USB? Just lob a decent charger in the box damn it.

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I'll tell you...

Because it's Sony. Sony are incapable of shipping anything standard, whether it be charging connectors or memory sticks.

This was the main reason which put me off a Sony phone a while back; I refused to consider getting a Walkman phone as I didn't want to buy a Sony memory stick when I had a perfectly good micro SD card I could put in the phone.

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proprietary adaptor

Yup, that's Sony for ya! And why I stopped buying their crap about 15 years ago, no matter how pretty it is.

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