Sony Tablet P rooted just after AT&T release

Well that didn’t take long. Just five days after Sony’s unique Tablet P landed on American shores for the first time courtesy of AT&T, someone’s given it the Android Rite of Passage and rooted it. In a bit of a departure from the norm, it’s not coming from XDA or RootzWiki, but from a little site called Pocketables and a couple of users named “condi” and “BluechipJ’. It’s pretty simple as far as Android root processes go: connect via ADB, run a little custom code and you’re good to go.

The Tablet P is unique, a rare commodity in the tablet world these days. Its folding body contains two 1024×480 LCD screens that combine to make a roughly 11-inch viewing surface. Inside, the Tablet P is rather typical, with a dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2 processor, 1GB of RAM and Android 3.2 Honeycomb, which Sony plans to update to Ice Cream Sandwich at some point. For the AT&T version the Tablet P adds an HSPA+ wireless connection.
While it’s always a good sign to see more hardware rooted and explored, it will be particularly interesting to see what modders can accomplish with the Tablet P’s dual-screen design. I’m hoping to see the somewhat obvious (though perhaps sacrilegious) addition of a Nintendo DS emulator, or perhaps a modification of the PlayStation app that allows dual, head-to-head splitscreen play. (I’m not a developer. This stuff may be impossible.) Get cracking, modders: today, CyanogenMod, tomorrow, the world!
Story Timeline
Sony Tablet S and Tablet P ICS update coming this spring, with PS3 controller support on Jan 24th 2012
Sony Tablet P headed to AT&T on March 4th on Feb 28th 2012
Sony Tablet P hands-on and unboxing on Mar 4th 2012
AT&T bundles Sony Tablet P and XPERIA Play for $299 on Mar 9th 2012
Device Specifications and Information
Device Info
Device Name : Tablet P
Manufactuer : Sony
Carrier : NA
Announced Date : April 26, 2011
Release Date : TBA
Also Known As : Sony Tablet S2
Display
Screen Size : 5.5 Inch
Resolution : 1024x480
Screen Type : TFT
Dimension & Weight
Height : NA
Width : NA
Depth : NA
Weight : NA
Battery & Power
Battery Type:
Lithium Polymer
Battery Capacity : 3080 mAh
Talk Time : NA
Stand By Time : NA
Software
Android OS:
3.1.x
Audio Playback:
AAC
AAC+
MP3
Video Playback:
MPEG-4 (MP4)
Hardware
CPU : Tegra 2
CPU Clock Speed : Mhz
Core : 2
Ram : NA
Internal Storage : NA
Front Facing Camera :yes
Camera Resolution : 0.3 MP
Camera Features:
720p Video Recording
QWERTY :no
Cellular Network
Network Technology:
GSM
GSM Band:
850
900
1800
1900
Device Connectivity
Wi-Fi:
802.11b
802.11g
802.11n
Location Features:
GPS
Wi-Fi location
FM Radio :mo
NFC :no