Sony is one of the big names of the IT industry that has yet to come up with an official tablet announcement. They told the press a while ago that they’re watching closely the tablet market, but still no actual product was presented (or leaked for that matter). Today we know that Sony has filed a patent application for a dual screen tablet, called “electronic book with enhanced features”. Don’t jump from your chair: this doesn’t necessarily that the patent will lead to an actual product, but you’ll never know.

    Also Sony is not the only one playing with dual screen tablets, as others have already presented prototypes to the press, namely MSI, Astri, Microsoft with Courier and Entourage eDGe. As expected, Sony didn’t just copy others ideas and has added a little something to the concept: functionality switching based on screen orientation and solar charging (that’s something useful if you travel a lot).

    Now it remains to be seen if this is going somewhere, or remains just a  patent. Hopefully not.

    Sony dual-screen tablet patent

    Sony dual-screen tablet patent

    Source: Electronista