Little is still known about the Sony’s Tablet ambitions outside of the few facts that we’ve reported. Still, it’s interesting to see Sony Ericsson CTO Jan Uddenfeldt talk about the future of the company and mention LTE devices and Tablets in the same conversation. As Uddenfeldt mentioned, Sony Ericsson is looking at bringing LTE devices to the market “pretty soon”, with a focus on the US market. The first of their goals was reached with the Android assault of phones, ranging from the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc, Play, Neo and Pro that are set to be released in the US in the next few months. Secondly, Sony Ericsson wanted a partner in the US this time around and their partnership with Google helped them secure deals with Verizon who is getting the Xperia Play exclusive. This is actually quite a big step for Sony as prior to this, their phones would get released in the US with no carrier support. This meant that consumers who actually wanted their devices had to hunt down the few select locations that sold them. Once found, because of the lack of carrier support, the phones would be at full price, instead of the usual carrier subsidized price with a two year contract.

Now with multiple handsets on their way to the US market with carrier partners, Sony is discussing their LTE ambitions as well. With Sony already having TD-LTE prototypes in house, they expect to release LTE devices “pretty soon” though no exact time frame was given. However, what might be even a bigger news is the fact that Uddenfeldt mentioned a collaboration between between Sony and Android on future tablets. Could this mean that the Sony S1 tablet is actually a collaboration between Sony and Ericsson? If their new handsets are any indication, this would make perfect sense. Especially if you consider that tablets are designed around the idea of connectivity, outside of WiFi offering. With Sony Ericsson, Sony can offer 3G, 4G and LTE variations with carrier support to ensure their product has a healthy network connectivity behind it. Outside of that, not much more was given from the Sony Ericsson CTO.

[Via Fierce Wireless]