Sony unveiled two new tablets at an event in Tokyo this morning, and both will make use of the company's recently announced PlayStation Suite. Each is an Android 3.0 device, as well as wifi and 3G/4G compatible.

They're code-named the S1 and S2 for now, though we're sure Sony will give them more marketable nicknames before they hit stores this fall. The S1 is the 9.4-inch standard tablet shape, while the S2 is a clamshell with two 5.5-inch displays. The S2's screens can work in tandem for Web site displays, or separately to (for example) watch a movie on the top screen while controlling it from the bottom screen. Read more »

Sony Corporation has issued its earnings report for the second quarter of fiscal year 2010, revealing that the company's "Networked Products and Services" division--which includes the PlayStation family, alongside PC products and other connected devices--continued to see growth.

According to the report, when combined, the division was responsible for a ¥6.9 billion ($85.4 million) operating profit compared to a ¥59 billion ($730.7M) loss for the same period last year. However, sales specific to the games industry were down to ¥171 billion ($2.1 billion) this year, versus ¥196 ($2.4B) the year before. Read more »

Earlier this week, Google held a ThinkGaming conference for industry analysts and marketing folks, and while many of the specific strategies discussed there haven't been disclosed to the public yet, it's clear that Google is serious about making its mark in the social, casual, and mobile gaming spaces.

Besides Google's recent partnership with social-game maker Zynga, SearchBlog notes Google's other gaming-related acquisitions to-date: Social networking app-maker, Slide, virtual currency purveyor, Jambool, and the in-game ad platform, Adscape, are all now owned by Google. The company is expected to begin revealing more information about their overall gaming platform strategy over the next few months. Read more »

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Sony is developing at least two new portable devices: a cell-phone capable of playing "PlayStation" games and a competitor to Apple's upcoming iPad, which the WSJ says "blurs distinctions among a netbook, an e-reader and a PlayStation Portable."

Both devices are supposedly slated for release this year along with Sony's online media platform, launching later this month in the United States and aimed at competing with Apple's iTunes. Read more »