Tablet PCs under Rs 20k! Don't miss

Image: Sakshat aka Aakash
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Get Ahead reader Nadeem Taslim writes about 14 low-cost tablet PCs one must check out before buying the likes of iPads, Galaxy Tabs or Xooms.

Nadeem is a tech blogger and runs two technology blogs: techbung.com and aliengang.com.

Tablets are indeed the hottest things in technology. While the Apple iPad and iPad 2 are the big daddies of all tablets, Android tablets are giving tough competition for low prices plus loads of bells and whistles.

In fact, some Android tablets like the Samsung Galaxy Tab, Motorola Xoom and low-cost models like the Reliance Tab are giving serious competition to the iPad.

If you are looking for low-priced tablets available in India that you can use for web browsing, multimedia and applications then you must check these 14 tablets that come under Rs 20,000. (Prices of some tablets may vary a bit depending on various states).

1. Sakshat aka Aakash: Rs 1,500 (approximately)

Features

Display: 7-inch colour LCD/TFT
RAM: 256MB
Hard Drive: 32GB
Connectivity: WiFi, USB 2.0 (2), Ethernet port.
Operating System: Android
Expandable Memory up to 8GB (SD Card)
VGA Port (For connecting to Projector)

The device is currently not available for sale in the market as government has decided to launch it for students in 2011.

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Tablet PCs under Rs 20k! Don't miss

Image: Lacs Magnum Pepper M74V

2. Lacs Magnum Pepper M74V: Rs 6,299

Lakshmi Access Communications Systems (LACS), a Bangalore-based company a few months ago had announced a range of 14 affordable tablets. The cheapest of the range was Lacs Magnum Pepper. It is also the cheapest Android tablet in India as of now.

Features

Display: 7-inch 800 480 LCD sensitive (resistive) touch display
Operating System: Android 2.2 (Froyo)
CPU: 800 MHz
Connectivity: 3G compatible dongle, Wi-FI enabled
Camera: Front camera

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3. Binatone Homesurf 705: Rs 7,999

Features

Display: 7-inch resistive touch screen
Operating System: Android 2.1 (Eclair) OS,
Memory: 2GB internal and 256 MB RAM micro SD card slot

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Image: Mercury mTab

4. Mercury mTab: Rs 9,499

Features

Mercury mTab new tablet has good features.

Display: 7 inch 800 480 px LCD capacitive touch display
Operating System: Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
Processor: Triple Core, 1.2 GHz Processor
Connectivity: 3G compatible dongle, Wi-FI enabled
Camera: 1.3 Mega Pixels Camera (Front)

But no main camera and no integrated 3G.

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Tablet PCs under Rs 20k! Don't miss

Image: Beetel Magiq

5. Beetel Magiq: Rs. 9,899

Beetel Magiq is from Airtel.

Features

Display: 7 inch 800 480 px LCD resistive touch display
Operating System: Android 2.2 (Froyo)
Processor: 1 GHz Snapdragon Processor
Connectivity: 3G, Wi-FI enabled
Camera: 2 Mega Pixels Camera (Back) 2 Mega Pixels Camera (Front)

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Image: Spice Tab Mi-720

6. Spice Tab Mi-720: Rs 11,990

Features

Display: 7 inch 800 480 px LCD capacitive touch display
Operating System: Android 2.2 (Froyo)
Processor: 800 MHz Snapdragon Processor and Adreno 200 Graphics Processor
Connectivity: 3G, Wi-FI enabled
Camera: 2 Mega Pixels Camera (Back) and VGA Camera (Front)
Browser: HTML Browser with Adobe Flash Player

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Tablet PCs under Rs 20k! Don't miss

Image: MSI WindPad Enjoy 7

7. MSI WindPad Enjoy 7: Rs. 12,999 and 10 inch screen: Rs 14,999

Features

Display: MSI Windpad Enjoy 7 (7-inch screen) and MSI Windpad Enjoy 10 (10-inch screen)
Enjoy 7: 7-inch 800 x 480 pix capacitive touch display
Enjoy 10: 10.1 inch 1024 x 768 pix capacitive touch display
Adobe Flash 10.1 Support
Operating System: Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
Processor: 1.2 Ghz ARM Cortex A8 processor
Connectivity: 3G dongle compatible, Wi-FI enabled
Cameras: 2 Mega Pixels Camera (Back) and 2 Mega Pixels Camera (Front)

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Image: Reliance 3G Tab

8. Reliance 3G Tab: Rs 12,999

Features

Display: 7 inch 800 480 px LCD capacitive touch display
Operating System: Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
Processor: 800 MHz Processor
Connectivity: 3G, Wi-FI enabled
Cameras: 2 Mega Pixels Camera (Back) and VGA Camera (Front)

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9. Infibeam Pi: Rs 14,999

Display: 7-inch touch display (800 x 480 pixel resolution)
Operating System: Comes in both Android (1.5) and Windows versions
Memory: 8GB in-built memory and 256MB RAM expandable up to 32GB via micro SD card

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