The year 2011 is year of budget tablets. Feature loaded tablets with fast dropping price gives you lot of options to choose from.


Tablet revolution has hit the market. Cut throat competition has resulted in flood of tablets with low price in the market. Since the Indian consumer has always been price sensitive the feature rich low cost tabs will draw in the buyers to the showroom. Check out the list of low priced tabs available in Indian market.  Reliance 3G TabADAG group telecom company Reliance Communications (RCom) recently entered into tablet computer segment with launch of Android operating system-based Reliance 3GTab.•3G with 7-inch touch scren with Android 2.3 OS.•512 MB RAM and Micro SD Support upto 32 GB.•Priced at Rs 12,999.MSI Enjoy PadTaiwanese firm MSI launches ‘Enjoy’ range of tablet in India. •Based on Google’s Android platform, will be available in two variants — 7-inch (Rs 13,999) and 10-inch (Rs 14,999).•MSI had launched its ‘WinPad’ tablets last year, based on Microsoft’s Windows platform.


Priced at Rs 13,999.Beetel MagiqBeetel Teletech, a Bharti Enterprises group company, has launched Beetel Magiq, a low-cost Android tablet in India.•The seven-inch tablet, which runs on Android 2.2 (Froyo) Magiq’s screen, has a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels.

•The tablet has two 2MP cameras and supports phone calls through a compatible Bluetooth headset.•It is powered by a 1 GHz processor and has 8GB internal storage, expandable up to 24GB through a 16GB SD card.•Priced at Rs 9,999.Mercury mTabClose on the heels of Reliance launching its 3G Tab at Rs 13,000, Mercury launched its first Android tablet mTab in the India market•Measuring 19.3 X 11.7 X 1.4 cm, mTab sports a 7-inch WVGA TFT LCD touch display.•G sensor screen rotation for 3D G-games and weighs mere 400 grams.•The tablet will run on Android 2.3 Gingerbread powered by 1.2 GHz triple core processor.•mTab will come equipped with 512MB RAM, 4GB internal memory, micro SD slot for up to 32GB expansion, optional 3G and Wi-Fi.•The tablet will also come with a 1.3 megapixel front camera for video chatting.•Priced at Rs 9,499.LACSBangalore-based Lakshmi Access Communications Systems unveiled tablets built on Android platform.•The tablets are available in 7-, 8- and 10-inch models in four product categories namely Pepper, Tamarind, Mirchi and Paprika.

•Pepper, priced at Rs 6,250, is built on Android 2.2 and has 800 Mhz Via processor. It has 4GB in-built memory, expandable up to 16GB and supports 3G dongles for connectivity. Each of the tablet will have external keyboard and USB port connectivity option.•The company is also offering upgrade warranty which means on launch of new product, the user of Magnum tablet can upgrade to their existing by paying the difference between price of tablet in use and the new product.•Price range Rs 6,250 to Rs 35,000.HCL ME AE7-A1HCL Infosystems in March to launched its range of made-in-India tablet PCs, with prices starting from about Rs 15,000.•The entry-level HCL ME AE7 runs on Android 2.2, has 7-inch resistive touchscreen (800 x 480 pixel resolution),•800MHz processor, 256MB RAM, 2GB in-built flash memory, 0.3 megapixel front facing camera, WiFi connectivity, EVDO USB Dongle support, USB 2.0 port and microSD card support up to 8GB.•The Android-based HCL ME Tablets were launched in 7-inch and 10-inch screen sizes at three price points Rs 14,990, Rs 25,790, and Rs 32,990.Infibeam Phi•Infibeam Phi tablets comes both in Android and Windows versions. Android version has 600MHz ARM9 processor, 7-inch TFT display (800 x 480 pixel resolution).
•2 mini USB ports, 8GB in-built memory, expandable up to 32GB via microSD card and 256MB RAM.•There’s inbuilt Li-Ion battery with 5 hours music playback, four hours of video playback with three hours of recharge via USB or AC output. •Priced at Rs 14,999.OlivePad VT100•OlivePad VT100 is claimed to be India’s first 3.5G Pad.•The tablet sports a 7-inch touch screen display with Android operating system, supporting Bluetooth 3.5G HSUPA and Wi-fi. OlivePad VT100 comes with 3 mega-pixel camera and a front camera.•It also offers gaming console, easy access to social networking, an e-book reader, GPS for maps, video and voice calling and television.•The tablet comes with an SD card slot along with 512MB of internal memory along with 512MB ROM. •Priced at 14,490.Binatone HomeSurf 705•UK-based Binatone has added HomeSurf 705 to its tablet portfolio. HomeSurf 705 is powered by Android 2.1 Eclair OS.•The tablet packs 7-inches TFT LCD 16:9, 800480 pixels.•Built in Wi-Fi (b/g/n), 2GB internal memory, micro SD card slot for additional storage, high speed mini USB 2.0 port, resistive touch screen and screen auto rotate.
•Additional specs in Binatone HomeSurf 705 include rechargeable Li-Ion battery, G-Sensor, built-in Web browser and built-in stereo speakers.•Priced at Rs 6,690.Spice Mi-720The budget tablet category seems to be getting hotter. The last few weeks have seen a slew of tablets launched in the category; the latest entrant is Spice Mi-720.•Spice Mi-720 runs on Android platform and is available for purchase with online retailer Letsbuy. •Spice Mi-720 has a 7-inch display like most of the new affordable Android tablets in the Indian market and is powered by an 800 Mhz processor.•Additionally, the Spice Mi-720 includes a 2 megapixel rear camera, a secondary front facing VGA camera, 512MB of RAM, 3Gconnectivity and a 3240 mAH battery.•Priced at Rs 11,990.iBall Slide 2.3 TabletLike iBall’s earlier products like Aasaan, the water proof phone or the slimmest QWERTY phone, iBall slide doesn’t really stand out on any specific features but there are some good ones.•This tablet runs on Android 2.3 operating system.   •iBall Slide’s 4400 mAh battery is massive when compared with the current crop of tablets.•The main camera is 2 megapixels and there’s no front-facing camera.•Priced at 13,995.

Posted By: Surabhi Yadav