We recently brought you a comparison between two proper budget tablets- the Nexus 7 and Galaxy Tab 2. Today we have for you a quick comparison between the flagships of our two homegrown brands-Lava and Karbonn. One your one corner is the Lava Xolo A800 and on the other is the Karbonn A30.
Nokia hired SRK and used the Nokia City lens with Augmented Reality app to sell the complete Lumia series. It was quite the capable application and following in its footsteps in another application which has been launched by India’s largest media group in India. The Times of India has launched an Augmented Reality News application and has been named Alive. It was launched on the 16th of December with an estimated 15,000 downloads a day but it went on score 2,50,000 downloads with 3,00,000 augmented reality views! That is quite a number for any application, let alone a news application.
When Zen mobile started its operations in India, it had its work cut out. They knew they were going to be competing with Micromax and hired someone to sell their products whom Micromax hadn’t. They had the power of Amitabh Bachchan but Big B could not really sell their phones that well. To enhance the youth appeal , they got Imran Khan and Deepika Padukone to sell their mobiles but even they could not sell the brand well. Then they realized that it were the products they needed to focus on and they better start concentrating on the product power rather than star power.
Zen Mobile had brought in the UltraTab A900 in October and today has launched its smaller screened sibling, a 7 inch inch tablet with ICS , namely the UltraTab A700 3G, for Rs 9,499. The USP of the tablet is that it offers 3G connectivity through a 3G external dongle as well as a SIM card. Adding to it are the voice calling capabilities of the device which lend it a big plus in its favour over other budget tablet makers. The screen is a 5 point Multi-touch capacitive unit with a 1.3 MP in the front for your video calling.
We just brought you the news of Karbonn bringing in a 5.9 inch mobile- A30. For some a phablet is pretty much a wastage of money and they want to enjoy the tablet experience separately. Karbonn Mobiles has just added another tablet to its Android Power tablet series but this one is a bit different from the rest.
Karbonn Smart Tab 10 Cosmic Tablet is the name and its specifications justify the long name it has. It will run on Jelly Bean OS (which is a big plus in its favour) and is available for ordering on e-commerce websites in India. Powering the Tab is a mammoth 6000 mAh power battery. The processing power is a bit of a surprise for us too. It packs in Cortex A9 processor clocked at 1.5GHz but the details of the GPU are unknown.
Panasonic India has launched two of its new generation products from the Toughbook series in India on 5th December 2012 in New Delhi India. These two devices are very unique in terms of the features they offer. The A1 Toughpad is the only business ruggedized android tablet in the world and features a hardware based security features which works at the processor level and is US Federal government security level 2 certified. The Panasonic A1 Toughpad is also very rugged in construction and is water as well as dust resistant.
The Toughpad A1 can be used in very rough environments and can withstand a fall of over 75 cm without any damage. It has magnesium alloy body construction and had special reinforced chassis which protects it from all angles. It has special user configurable hardware button for quickly launching a user configured app. It has a digitizer pen or stylus which can be used for applications which require precision inputs. It had an in-build 3G SIM slot and has a micro USB and Micro HDMI port too. A magnetic strip reader (credit/debit card reader) and a bar code reader can also be attached using the USB port for special industrial or commercial applications. It has been designed keeping the business needs in mind and it as been priced at Rs. 75,000 + Taxes in India.
Samsung India has launched the Samsung Galaxy smart Camera in India at a price tag of Rs. 29,900 which is less than what we expected. The Galaxy Camera is a new breed of smart cameras in the world and India is one of the first 5 markets of the world where its being launched commercially. This camera runs Android Operating system which is used on millions of mobile phones around the world. The Galaxy Camera comes pre-loaded with one of the latest versions (4.1) Jelly Bean of the Android OS.
