Micromax. A company know in the market for it’s phones has diversified its portfolio by launching a android based tablet known by the name of Funbook. But how does it differentiate itself from other tablets.For starters it’s the cheapest ICS based tablet available in the market & costs only Rs 6499. Not only that it also features a 1.2 GHZ Corex A8 processor with 512 MB of RAM & 4GB of internal memory expandable to 32 GB via SD Card.
The screen in 7 inch capacitive supporting multi touch & the device features a Dual Mail 400 – 2D/3D graphics processor that handle the day to day multimedia task. The screen pixel resolution is 800×480.
For connectivity options the device supports wifi along with support for 3G via 3G dongle. It can play hi definition movies and can be hooked up to large screen television via a HDMI port. The front facing camera for video chats is VGA (0.3 megapixel) and the device come preloaded with a number of apps like Documents on the Go, Adobe PDF, Adobe Flash, YouTube, Text Editor, etc.
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Now we all know that HCL has been in the tablet market for a very long time. They launched their first tablet by the name of ME. Taking it ahead HCL announced the launch of their ICS based tablets ME U1 and MyEdu tab. For people who are wondering what ICS is, it’s the latest version of Google Android OS that runs on a variety of tablets as well as smartfones. The basic price of HCL ICS based tablet starts from 7,999 which is considerably affordable when compared to other tablets but the point is what do we get when we pay Rs 7999.
The ME U1 tablet comes with 1GHz processor. a 7-inch capacitive display with a resolution of 800×480 pixels. The tablet has 512MB of RAM, 4GB of internal memory, a front facing camera, a full USB port, a mini USB port and a micro SD card slot.The device has a 3600 mAh battery and can also be connected to a 3G network via an USB modem. It comes preloaded with ME app store. The device also comes bundled with content from Hungama, Cleartrip & many other vendors.
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Nvidia showed tablets using its Tegra 3 quad-core processors at CES, including a developer prototype that was running Windows 8.”Windows 8 is coming to market and I don’t remember another Windows version as exciting as this one since Windows 95,” said Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang.
“Just as Windows 95 enabled a new class of devices in consumer PCs, Windows 8 is going to enable a new class of devices, this time moving Windows to mobile devices. This is an epic event.
No detailed specs were available . It just seemed both parties are not keen to say anything unless WIndows 8 officially is launched which is slated to somewhere around Oct 2012. As for now we can provide you a video of working on the showcase tablet in CES 2012.
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