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Bangalore-based EAFT Technologies has launched the 'Marathon' tablet PC. Priced at Rs 29,900, it sports a 10.1-inch screen and runs an Android (Version 2.2) operating system powered by an NVDIA Tegra2 chip.
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Image: Marathon tablet PC.'Marathon' is not the last of the tablet PCs from the Indian stable.
While Olive Telecom, MSI and even IT services company HCL Technologies have already launched tablet PCs in the country, companies like Spice Telecom, Bharti Teletech, Micromax, Zen Mobile, Karbonn and Lava Mobiles appear keen to introduce their own tablet PC versions in the market soon...
Now, tablet PCs from Indian companies
Image: Marathon PC.'Marathon' is not the last of the tablet PCs from the Indian stable.
While Olive Telecom, MSI and even IT services company HCL Technologies have already launched tablet PCs in the country, companies like Spice Telecom, Bharti Teletech, Micromax, Zen Mobile, Karbonn and Lava Mobiles appear keen to introduce their own tablet PC versions in the market soon...
Now, tablet PCs from Indian companies
Image: Notion Ink's Adam tablet PC...
Now, tablet PCs from Indian companies
Image: OlivePad.Last year, wireless devices maker Olive Telecom unveiled a 3G tablet PC, OlivePad, which was priced at about Rs 25,000.
Designed as a multi-functional device, OlivePad functions on Android operating system 2.2 and supports 3.5G HSUPA, Wi-Fi, and bluetooth...
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Image: OlivePad.With an inbuilt three-megapixel camera and a front camera, the OlivePad can be used for browsing, multimedia, instant messaging, social networking and also works as a smartphone, allowing voice and video calling, camera and smartphone.
What sets it apart from established tablet PC devices like the Apple iPad is the fact that it supports flash and sports a mini USB port...
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Image: OlivePad.Arun Khanna, chairman, Olive Telecom, had then asserted that USB tethering and portable Wi-Fi hotspot would distinguish the device from its competition.
While tethering allows one to use the tablet as a modem when connected to a PC or a laptop through a USB cable, the Wi-Fi hotspot feature makes converts the tablet PC into a Wi-Fi router, so that OlivePad's 3G connection can be shared with multiple Wi-Fi devices.
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Image: HCL Me tablet pc...
Now, tablet PCs from Indian companies
Image: HCL Me tablet pc.The company has launched two different Me models - one with a seven-inch screen, another with a 10-inch screen.
The tablets have the HCL Touch function, which allows users to access local content with the touch of a button. PC makers like MSI have also jumped into the tablet PC wagon with WindPad, which is priced at Rs 34,990...
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Image: WindPad 100W tablet PC...
Now, tablet PCs from Indian companies
Image: Apple iPad.Globally, the tablet PC market is dominated by established brands like US-based Apple Computers and Taiwan-based Samsung.
More recently, mobile device vendors like Motorola and HTC and PC makers like Research..
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Image: Apple's iPad...
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