Micromax launches The 'Funbook', an Android 4.0 tablet for Rs. 6,499.
The handset manufacturer Micromax released an Android 4.0 Funbook tablet for Rs 6,499. With Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich platform as OS, 1.2GHz powerful cortex A8 processor the Funbook can be used in education and entertainment fields. the tablets can be ordered through Nimbuzz or Micromax’s On-line shopping portal ‘nCarry’.
The real FIGHT starts with the 'FUN' in Indian Tablet Market!
Micromax is the 12th largest handset mannufacturer in the world, having its branches all over the world. Recently it entered Indian Tablet market with the 'Funbook'. On March 2nd 2012 HCL released MY EDU tablets with the price starting from Rs 7,999. Micromax making its entry with a tough competition to the most expected tablet from HCL, by releasing the 'Funbook' an Android 4.0 tablet with the price even cheaper than other newly released tablets. It is available in two colours - slate grey and midnight black. Technical Specifications of 7-inch Funbook Android ICS tablet
The new Micromax tablet runs on the latest Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich platform.
The processor used is 1.2GHz powerful cortex A8 processor.
The Funbook has a Dual Mail 400 - 2D/3D graphics processor for multimedia processing.
The Funbook with Android 4.0 OS features a 7 inch of capacitive display with 800x480 pixel resolution with 16:9 ratio. The tablet is capable of managing multi touch inputs. Hence it can support pinch-to-zoom functionality.
This Android ICS-based tablet have 4GB of onboard memory. This can be expanded up to 32GB. MicroSD card facility also available.
RAM capacity is 512MB.
3G dongle support can be achieved via USB.
It has got a 0.3megapixel front facing camera.
The tablet supports WiFi and Bluetooth.
The Funbook is featured with 1080p video playback.
Battery capacity is 2800mAh, so that the users can browse for around 5 hours approximately.What makes Micromax's tablet PC 'FunBook', different from the HCL's MY EDU tablets released recently
Low 'Cost',' size' and high 'performance' are the key factors for any of the computer gadgets that makes it a more competitive in the market. HCL's MY EDU offered many educational contents and related applications/software. Funbook also geared towards students. Then what makes Funbook different from other tablets? One concept in Funbook that can attract the customer is optimization of cost that is Rs. 6,499. As per human psychology, 'Fun' is considered to be the feeling that comes with entertaining aspects. If one considers learning as an entertaining aspect, then without much hard work he can learn more within short period of time. So having this idea in mind, Micromax added extra features and applications which support learning procedure. So learning would be a fun with the animated videos, diagrams and pictorial representation wherever applicable.One of such application is E-Reading App. This has got contents from publishers like persons or university tutors. It includes educational contents for over 500 courses, including preparatory material for MBA, Engineering, Medical and many courses. Entertainment applications of the Funbook(Android 4.0 Tablet)
Besides theses applications there are many multimedia applications which make it more particular. It can provide access to over 600 movies in 9 languages, 6,000 songs, 400 videos. It also offers live TV application. The Tata photon USB modem is enclosed inside the system, offering 1GB of free data usage for first two months. Document reader application, text editor, Adobe Flash, PDF, Youtube etc are the other available features.
Actually P-300 was the 1st tablet of Micromax, released in India in March 2012. The cost was Rs.7,999. With Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich OS as operating system, it had many identical features that we find in the Funbook. But later it was found as 'no stock' in the website and there were no news about any new tablet releases. Then Micromax has added and developed additional features to the existing tablet, which resulted 'The Funbook'.
Pearson, Everonn and Vriti are the partners of Micromax for development of digital education. For entertainment applications, Micromax has partnered with Bigflix, Indiagames and Zenga.Now the tablet will be available at 1, 00,000 retail outlets across 50 cities in India. The tablet can be purchased on Nimbuzz. Micromax's On-line shopping portal 'nCarry' is the another way of purchasing/ordering the tablet.
