Salora launches android calling tablet ‘Fontab’ at Rs 6,899

Salora International (SIL) has added another dimension to its product portfolio with launch of its android calling tablet ‘Fontab’ at Rs 6,899, its third in the tablet series. The tablet sports a 17.7-cm (7-inch) display and runs Android 4.1 aka Jelly Bean version out-of-box. The slate is powered by a 1.5 GHz processor, coupled with … Read more

Why we Like Smasung Galaxy Note 8 over iPad ?

Samsung has unveiled Galaxy Note 8.0, an 8-inch tablet equipped with an S Pen, to compete with Apple’s iPad mini. The tablet has a screen resolution of 1280 x 800 and a pixel density of 189 ppi. It is based on Samsung Exynos 4 Quad with quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 CPU (1.6 GHz), 2 GB RAM, with 16 / 32 GB of internal storage. It is equipped with a 5.0MP rear camera and 1.3MP front-facing camera.

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Asus Padfone Infinity and FonePad Models Comparison

Asus will soon launch Padfone Infinity and FonePad. The Padfone Infinity is the third generation device in the Padfone series, and is a smartphone with an integrated docking tablet. The key upgrade in Padfone Infinity to its predecessor is the use of QCOM’s Snapdragon 600 Quad-core CPU (1.7GHz), and larger 5″ display. FonePad is a 7” tablet with 3G voice (i.e., phone) functionality, but is more akin to a tablet, in our view. FonePad is Asus’ challenge to Phablets.

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Lenovo’s ForthComing Android Tablets S6000 A3000 A1000

Lenovo announced three new Android-based tablets. The tablets included a pair of 7” tablets, the A1000 and A3000, and a 10” tablet, the S6000. Each of these tablets are running Mediatek CPUs, which suggests they will target first time tablet buyers, and/or emerging markets. Previous tablets have been larger NVDA Tegra and Intel Atom-based.

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Where are we on the Mobile Internet ?

State of the Mobile InternetAlmost every year in various kinds of year-ahead predictions about Indian internet, you can find one about mobile internet. So why would 2013 be different?

If we look at the latest Gartner Hype Cycle, mobile internet has already climbed to the ‘Slope of Enlightenment’ and been on its way to mainstream adoption in less than two years. Three years into 3G initiation, operators, platform servicers, hardware providers and content producers have finally accumulated enough users and resources to kick start the entire value chain in 2012 as shown below

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