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MRP : RS. 5,990  Features and Specifications Starting with the specifications, the front of the tablet houses a 5-point multi-touch capacitive touchscreen, and a 7-inch LCD display that with a resolution of 480x800 pixels, gives it a pixel density of 240ppi. Under the hood, a 1.2GHz Cortex A8 processor and Mali-400 GPU power the device, coupled with 512MB of DDR3 RAM. The tablet has 4GB of built-in storage expandable up to 32GB via a microSD card. The Slate X2G tablet also houses a 3200mAh battery.

MRP :RS. 6499 Features and Specifications The specifications of the Lava E-Tab Xtron include a 7-inch display with a 1024x600 pixel resolution, giving it a pixel density of 169.55ppi. It also sports a 1.5GHz Cortex A9 processor along with 1GB of RAM and the Mali 400 GPU. It comes with 8GB built-in storage expandable up to 32GB via a microSD card. A 3200mAh battery powers the entire package. The Xtron runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. The tablet however compromises on Bluetooth connectivity.

MRP : RS. 7999 Features and Specifications: 7-inch TFT display with 1024x600 resolution, 1.2Ghz dual-core processor, 512MB RAM, 8/16GB storage expandable up to 32GB via a micro SD card, VGAMP video call camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Android 4.1.2, 2170mAh battery. Let us get the specifications of the Acer Iconia B1 out of the way. To start with, the tablet runs on Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean straight out of the box.

Rs. 13,990 Zync has announced the launch of three tablets in the Indian market – the Dual 7.0, Quad 8.0 and the Quad 9.7 in India for Rs. 5,990, Rs. 12,990 and Rs. 13,990 respectively. All the three tablets run on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, and offer 3G connectivity via USB dongles. The biggest highlight, is the Quad 9.7, which features a Retina Display with a resolution of 2048x1536 pixels, apart from a quad-core processor.

Lava Mobile has announced it will be launching a 7-inch Android 4.0 ICS tablet in the coming weeks, in its E-Tab range. So far, no exact pricing or availability details have been released about the as yet unnamed device, but with the specifications on display, we can expect it to be around the Rs. 5,000 price point. A 1GHz processor and 512MB of RAM will power the upcoming Lava tablet. The rear of the tablet has a 2MP camera and the front has a VGA camera for video calling. It also houses a 3000mAh battery. Itwill also come with 4GB built-in storage.

Nobody can deny that Asus is a hyper-innovative company, the Ducati of consumer technology, a company that makes products that look like they were mere concept designs an hour back. Staying true to that tradition, Asus showed off the Transformer AiO at CES earlier this year, an Android tablet with a massive 18.4-inch full HD display that when docked turns into a Windows 8 PC. Unlike other Transformer devices from Asus, this looked more conceptual than something that you could see on store shelves. However, Asus has other ideas because the Taiwanese company has revealed that the Transformer AiO will be launched globally on April 12 for $1,299 (Rs. 71,000 approx.).

The Galaxy Note 8.0 looks like an 8-inch version of the Samsung Galaxy S III, and Note II. In terms of the specifications under the hood, the Note 8’s display has 1280x800 pixel resolution. A quad-core 1.6GHz Cortex-A9 processor on the Exynos 4412 chipset, with a Mali-400MP GPU, and 2GB of RAM.  It comes with 16GB and 32GB built-in storage, which is expandable up to 32GB via a microSD card. It has a 5MP rear-facing camera and a 1.2MP front-facing camera. It has a 4,600 mAh batterym stereo speakers. The tablet will run on Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean skinned with Samsung TouchWiz.

PRICE : $169.99  HP Slate 7, and as the name suggests, it will have a 7-inch display, with a resolution of 1024x600 pixels. The tablet will come preloaded with Android 4.1, in line with HP’s recent cozying up to Google, which included the Chromebook. It will be powered by a dual-core ARM Cortex A9 processor clocking at 1.6GHz, but the amount of RAM has not been mentioned. This is HP’s third stab at the tablet market, with a critically acclaimed enterprise-based Windows 7 tablet long back, and then the doomed flirtation and adoption of webOS.

LG Electronics will be showcasing its own interpretation of a tablet-notebook hybrid device at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. Called the Tab-Book, the device boasts of LTE connectivity. The device also has a slide out keyboard. Unlike the Sony VAIO Duo 11, the LG Tab-Book doesn’t have a pointing stick in the middle of the keyboard. If you need to interact with display, your going to have to touch it.

Sony had revealed its Xperia Tablet Z in January this year. Believed to be an advanced version of the Xperia Tablet S, the Tablet Z runs Android 4.1 (upgradable to v4.2) Jelly Bean and is powered by 1.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro processor. It has 2GB of RAM. Sony claims the Tablet Z is the slimmest tablet in the world with just 6.9 mm thickness. It's notable Apple's iPad mini has 7.2mm thickness.

MRP : RS. 12990 Features & Specifications From the word go, the Spice Stellar Pad Mi-1010 runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and that is very good. You have all the features of Android including Google Now at your disposal making this device fun to use. There is a very minimalistic skin on the device similar to the ones we have seen on other Spice devices such as the Stellar Horizon and the Craze. The skin really isn’t any hindrance but if you’d like, you can download a free launcher from the Play store. There is no SIM card support on the tablet.

MRP : RS. 30500 Display What will make your jaw drop to the ground is the new Retina Display. Once you switch on the display, there is no going back to whatever tablet you used before this. It’s the same experience users had when they decided to switch from the iPhone 3GS or any other smartphone to the iPhone 4.

MRP : RS. 23500 Features Android 3.1 has come with a completely redesigned UI. The home screens now offer the usual info – battery level, wireless connectivity, cellular network info etc. now shows up on the bottom right edge of the display. Tapping on these opens up a more detailed status pop-up, and you can head to the settings menu from here. On the top right corner is where you open up the usual apps list from. The bottom left corner has the return, home and tasks options. We had slotted a Vodafone SIM-card in the Xoom, and any messages that were received on that number showed up as a pop-up on the home screen. This is pretty neat, because the device doesn’t allow voice calls. These SMS’ weren’t stored anywhere, the pop-ups didn’t disappear unless you clicked on OK. The new task manager stacks up thumbnails according to when you last opened the app.The Xoom that we received for review was the 32GB (Wi-Fi + 3G) version.

MRP : RS. 30000 Features:  The Asus Eee Pad Transformer TF101 Android tablet has a 10.1-inch IPS touchscreen display that’s scratch-resistant. The screen has an LED-backlit panel with a capacitive multitouch surface that packs in 1280x800 pixel resolution — greater screen area than the iPad 2, and better quality display than Motorola Xoom and Acer Iconia A501. In terms of core components, the Asus Eee Pad Transfomer TF101 comes equipped with a dual-core 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor and a ULP GeForce GPU on a Tegra 2 chipset. The Transformer further features 1GB of RAM and 16 GB of onboard storage.

   MRP : RS. 24500 Specifications:  Display: 9.7-inches, 1024 x 768 pixels; SoC: Apple A5 dual core 1 GHz; Storage: 64 GB; weight: 613 grams. After creating a product that spawned an entire generation of mediocre clones, the second coming was always on the cards. In fact, some are already talking about an iPad 3.0!

Rs. 4,799 Videocon Mobiles has introduced a new 7-inch tablet called the Videocon VT71. Priced at Rs. 4,799, the Videocon tablet runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and is powered by a 1.2GHz processor. The Videocon VT71 has a 7-inch capacitive touchscreen with 800 x 480 pixel resolution. It has a front-facing VGA camera, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of ROM and expandable storage up to 32GB via T-Flash card.

MRP :  $243 The Nexus brand represents a premium Android-based device that delivers the best Google experience available on tablet. It's the confluence of the latest software and state-of-the-art hardware and represents a literal nexus of digital life. Nexus 7 is Google's latest Nexus experience device and the first tablet to feature Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. It combines the best of both Google and ASUS design, with the most advanced software from Google paired with cutting edge ASUS hardware.

Apple news site iLounge has  offered up a few details about the upcoming fifth-generation iPad, as well as Apple's new iPhone models. Jeremy Horwitz, iLounge's editor, claims to have seen a model of the so-called iPad 5, and said the device will sport many of the same features seen on the iPad mini. Specifically, the new iPad will be "a lot smaller than one would guess was possible," he said. When held in portrait orientation, the bezels to the left and right of the 9.7-inch screen will be practically nonexistent. The space above and below the screen will be just big enough to accommodate the camera up top and Home Button down below.

Sony has officially announced its new flagship tablet, the Xperia Tablet Z. Believed to be a significant upgrade over the Xperia Tablet S, the Tablet Z runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS and has a thickness of just 6.9mm. The Xperia Tablet Z, recently leaked online, comes with a 10.1-inch display with a resolution of 1920×1200 pixels augmented by Sony's Mobile Bravia Engine, as well as Qualcomm's 1.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro chip, and an 8.1MP Exmor R camera.

     Rs. 11,999, HCL has launched a new Android-based tablet, the Me Y3. Available online at Rs. 11,999, the HCL slate comes with dual-SIM support. The HCL Me Y3 runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and is powered by a 1GHz Cortex A9 processor and 1GB of DDR3 RAM,. It has a 7-inch capacitive touch screen display with 1024 x 600 pixel resolution.