Year 2010 and 2011 will be known for revolution in Tablet PC Market. Here we came up with a List of Low Priced Tablets / Tabs available in Indian Market.
1.AAKASH
PRICE:Rs.3,000
1750 for students. Available in December.Features of World
Cheapest Tablet Launched by Indian Government:The tablet runs on
Android 2.2 (Froyo) and comes with a 7-inch resistive touchscreen with 800x480 resolution and weighs 350 grams.
The tablet has a 256MB of RAM, 32GB expandable memory slot and two USB ports.
The tablet comes with a 12-month replacement warranty and supports formats like DOC, DOCX,PDF and PPTX etc. Aakash has a standard 3.5mm headphone jack
World Cheapest Tablet:The mighty $35 is finally launched in India on October 5. Kapil Sibal, minister of "Communications and Information Technology" confirmed.In Indian Rupee, the price of the tablet is
Rs. 3,000. The Indian Government will subsidize the cost of the tablet and offer it to students for about
Rs. 1750 Only.
2.Magnum Pepper
Lacs Company launched a new Android tablet named as “Lacs Magnum Pepper” in India. It is the India’s cheapest Android based tablet PC. This has a 7 inch resistive touch screen display.
The tablet, developed by Lakshmi Access Communications Systems Pvt Ltd (LACS), the Bangalorebased Wireless Infomedia Services arm of the Devraj Group of companies, will target consumers in tier-I and tier-II cities of India.
Magnum Pepper available In Variants From 4.3" to 10.9"
Runs On Android 2.3 and having menu of 11 Indian languages.
Feature and Specification
It is a 7” inch Resistive LCD Display.
Runs on Google Android Foryo v2.2 OS.
Powered by 800 MHz Processor.
3G USB Modem/Dongle support.
Wi-Fi 8-2.11 b/g connectivity .
LAN RJ-45 Connector and USB 2.0 port .
2GB Internal memory with up to 32GB external support.
Integrated with a Front Camera for video calls.
E-Mail/SMS/MMS/Gtalk/Facebook/Twitter facility available.
Combined with G-sensor and 3.5 mm audio jack.
The Price of Lacs Magnum Pepper In India is Rs. 5,250/
3.Wespro epad
Wespro Digital has a MID called ePad and the cost of it is Rs. 7999. This by far is the cheapest tablet available in India. Binatone Home Surf is available for Rs. 8990.ePad’s specs are comparable to the recently launched
Accord @Pad. If I were to go through them it would be a copy paste except for few things.
SPECIFICATIONS
Processor: VIA WM8505 400MHz
Operating System: Google Android 1.9 OS
Display: 7 Inches Display Screen
RAM: 128MB
Internal Memory: 2GB Nand Flash
External Memory: Expandable up to 32GB with TF Card
Built-in Wi-Fi: 802.11b/g
File Format: Support MP3/WMA/MPEG4/MPEG2/MPEG1/3GP/DIVX/XVID
Battery Backup: 4-5 Hours
Functions: Internet surfing, information searching and News reading
Multimedia: Play Music, Movies and Online Games
Battery: Li-polymer 7.4V 1400mAh
Weight: 0.42kg
Size: 20.3 x 13.6 x 1.0 cm
Ethernet connectivity and the package contains the connector too.
3.Beetel Magiq
Beetel is now in tablet market. It’s amazing and shocking too. Beetel MagiQ a new Android Tablet from Beetel is recently announced. Beetel MagiQ is not like the other tablets, costly and featuring costly products. Beetel MagiQ is an affordable price tablet from Beetel. Its cost is
Rs 8,900.
Beetel MagiQ is a 7 inch tablet powered by Android 2.2 OS . Android 2.2 OS comes pre-installed in Beetel MagiQ. Beetel MagiQ has 1 Ghz processor, with which you can get an ultimate speed while using this amazing affordable tablet.
SPECIFICATIONS
Network: 3G HSDPA
OS: Android 2.2 Froyo
Processor: 1 GHz
Display: 7 inch Capacitive
touchscreen display, 800 x 480 pixels resolution
Camera: .2 MP rear camera
Front Camera
HD Video Player
Internal Memory: 8GB
External Memory: up to 16GB
Wi-FI, microUSB connectivity
3.5 mm audio jack
Access to Android Market
Hi-Fi Audio Player
Battery: 2200 mAh
4.Reliance 3G Tab
Avg Current Market Price:Rs. 12999
Reliance 3G tab comes with 800Mhz Processor
and Android Gingerbread OS On board.
Reliance 3G Tab has some more great features on a low price as it has a 2.0 mega pixels rear camera and a VGA camera on front for video calling. Company has announced free 4 GB micrdoSD card for it.
It has a powerful CPU of 800 MHz. Other features like Bluetooth, WI-Fi, USB makes it outstanding. Company has announced various data plans and if you subscribe for 5GB data plan and pay full in advance for a year than it comes to the half of regular price you pay on monthly basis.
SPECIFICATIONS
Operating System ( OS ) | Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) |
Screen Type & Size | Capacitive multi-touch screen, 7 inch TFT-LCD WVGA screen |
Weight | 389 gms |
Camera | Back: 2 megapixel Front: VGA |
Talk time | Upto 9 hours ( 300 hrs stand by time )* |
Display | 800 X 480 pixels |
Battery | 3400mAH, Li-On |
External Memory | Supports MicroSD card upto 32GB (4GB MicroSD Card offered Free) |
Audio support Format | AAC, AAC+, AMR/AMR-NB, MP3 MIDI, Ogg PCM/WAV |
Video support Format | MP4, H.263,H.264 |
Image support Format | BMP/PNG/JPEG |
CPU | 800 MHz |
Call Features | Mute in call, Speed Dial, Switch to Bluetooth device, 3 way calling |
Other support features | Video recorder, Wi-Fi Hotspot,Bluetooth Voice calling, GPS, FM Radio, Alarm, speaker phone, MobileTV, SMS, MMS |
5.Olive Pad V-T100
Olive Pad operates on an Android Operating System and supports 3.5G HSUPA, Wi-fi, and Bluetooth. With an inbuilt three mega pixel camera and a front camera, the Olive Pad can be used as a touch notebook allowing browsing, Multimedia, Instant Messaging and access the world of social networking, GPS for maps and turn by turn directions, gaming console, an e- book reader, Television and it is also a Smart Phone allowing voice and Video Calling.
SPECIFICATIONS GSM 850/900/1800/2100
WCDMA 900/1900/2100
Chipset Qualcomm MSM7227
GPRS Class 12
Dimensions 179.4(H) * 110(W) * 11.5(T)
Screen 7 inch7 inch TFT Capactitive Touchscreen
Display 800×480 WVGAWVGA Display
Internal Memory 512 MB+ 512 MB
Memory Card support upto 32 GB
Phonebook memory 2000
SMS memory 500
3.5 mm audio jack yes
Charging mini USB
Battery Li-PoLi-Po
Capacity 3240mAh
Standby time GSM:400h WCDMA : 550h
Talktime GSM :1200mins WCDMA : 480 mins
Camera 3 MP Autofocus 4X zoom
Audio formats supported MIDI, MP3, AMR, AAC AAC+
SpeakerSpeaker Dual ,Video Streaming yes ,Video Formats 3GP ,Bluetooth v2, AD2P
WiFi 802.11 b/g802.11 b/g ,Compass ,G-sensor ,Amient Light sensor ,Email Pull email
MMS, WAP ,GPSGPS ,PC-sync,Vibration,etc
Olive has announced the this tablet will be going on sale in August which is not far away. You can buy it at CromaCroma outlets soon. Price is expected to be
Rs.20000-25000
6.HCL X1
HCL is a known brand in the PC space in India. They made an attempt at making a tablet earlier as well, but it seems like that didn’t pan out well. Now they have come out with a second Android tablet a few days back. The tablet is priced competitively at
Rs. 10,490, and joins the low cost tablet war alongside the Reliance Tab and Beetel Magiq. Now, my user experience on the tablet was pretty decent, and for about 10K, it’s a strong competition for the other tablets in this category.
SPECIFICATIONS
Network | WiFi only |
Operating System | Android |
Dimensions | 121.35 mm x 192.5 mm x 12.2mm and 391 Grams |
Display | 7-inch (480x800) LCD TFT |
Input Method | Touch, Digital Pen |
Processor | 1GHz Cortex A8 |
Memory | 512MB RAM, 4Gb Internal, 32Gb expandable |
Connectivity | Wi-Fi |
Multimedia | Plays most audio and Video format |
Camera | 2MP in front |
GPS | Yes |
Additional features | |
Battery | 3500 mAh |
Warranty | 1 Yr |