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Look for an under Rupees 10,000 tablet?

If yes, then one more tablet adds to your choice list (From the specifications sheet, mTab Tablet looks a good buy).

Mercury, a rather unknown name in the PC peripherals and components makers, has launched the mTab tablet.

The mTab Tablet, which measures 19.3 x 11.7 x 1.4 cm and weighs 400 grams, runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system and is the latest entrant in the cheap android tablets.

mTablet has the following specs:

1) Has a 7" WVGA (800x480) capacitive touch screen with multi-touch support.

2) Powered by a 1.2 GHz Telechip 8803 Cortex A8 processor with three cores.

3) Has 512 MB RAM.

4) 4 GB internal storage, which can be extendable to 36 GB with an additional 32 GB option via a memory card.

5) Has a front 1.3 MP camera, useful for video conferencing.

6) Connectivity options include Wi-Fi, an external 3G USB module, which will be made available with 3G packages bundled along with the tablet for free internet surfing. PC connectivity is provided via a USB 2.0 port, while a 3.5 mm stereo jack lets you plug in headphones.

7) Elevating itself as a multimedia device, the mTablet supports playback of several popular video formats including Divx, MPG, and MP4, in addition to the most popular audio formats up to 1080p using the HDMI output.

8) Has a 4000 mAh battery which provides about four hours of video playback.

9) Supports motion sensing 3D games using the in-built G sensor.

Price: Rs 9,499 and is backed by a 1-year warranty.
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Mercury launches under Rupees 10k Gingerbread Tablet in India

Anil Singh Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Arnova , the brand under which the tablet maker Archos launched a new line of budget Android tablets which sold for $199 or less earlier this year, has received updated versions of its 7 and 10 inch tablets with newer software and slightly heavier specs.

The new tablets are namely, Arnova 10 G2, Arnova 7 G2, Arnova 7c G2.

Arnova 10 G2

A 10 inch tablet, and measures 10.6″ x 5.9″ x 0.5″ and weighs 1.3 pounds or around 500 grams. The new model runs on Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread and has a 1 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor, a 10.1 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel capacitive multitouch display. The tablet is available in two storage options a 4GB and a 8GB version. The tablet has a a microSDHC card slot for extending storage.
The Arnova 10 G2 emphasises on multimedia, with support for 1080p H.264 video as well as support for MP4, RealVideo, and other video codecs including MKV, MOV, and FLV. The tablet has a speaker, mic, G-sensor, and a 720 pixel camera.

Arnova 7 G2

A 7 inch tablet, which measures 8″ x 4.2″ x 0.5″ and weighs just 0.8 pounds or 336 grams, is almost identical to Arnova 10 G2. Points of divergence is a smaller, lower resolution display. The Arnova 7 G2 has a 7 inch, 800 x 480 pixel capacitive touchscreen dsiplay. Like the 10 inch tablet, it runs on Android 2.3 operating system, has an ARM Cortex-A8 processor, and comes in two versions a 4GB and a 8GB storages. It too can handle H.264 video playback with resolutions up to 1080p as well as other video codecs.

Arnova 7c G2

First Arnova tablet to be compatible with 3G network. The tablet which looks similar to Arnova 7, and measures 7.7″ x 4.6″ x 0.6″ and weighs about 1.1 pounds; also supports GPS and Bluetooth. The tablet runs on Google Android 2.3, has a 7 inch, 800 x 480 pixel capacitivee multitouch display, and comes with 4GB of storage. One major difference between Arnova 7 G2 and 7c G2 is that, the Arnova 7c G2 runs on a Qualcomm MSM7227 processor. The processor which runs at 600 MHz or 800MHz, is relatively slower than the processor in the Arnova 7 G2, says UG.

Price and availability: No word out on Price and availability yet. ---------

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Updated versions of Arnova 7, 10 inch Android tablets launched

Anil Singh Monday, August 29, 2011