The sales literature for Sony’s Xperia Tablet S device describes it as “splash-proof”, but barely a month after launch the company has had to suspend sales after gaps were found between the case and the screen. Sony has been forced to suspend sales of its new Xperia Tablet S device after the discovery of gaps between the case and the screen, which could potentially let in water. The tablet, marketed as “splash-proof”, is evidently not as splash-proof as first thought, with the Japanese company citing a manufacturing flaw at one of its Chinese plants as the cause of the design fault.