HCL MyEdu Tab (X1)

The MyEdu Series is developed specially for children and teenagers. So you can buy it at cheap price with good features. This tablet is education oriented with numerous inbuilt applications that are playful and knowledge worthy.

MyEdu packs a 7 inch capacitive touch screen display with 800 x 480 pixel resolution, 1GHz ARM Cortex A8 processor, 512MB RAM, HDMI port, micro SD slot for expandable memory support, 4GB internal storage, micro SD card slot supporting up to 32GB storage, 3G via dongle, Wi-Fi, 2MP rear camera and a 3,500 mAh battery.

Priced at Rs 10,499, the HCL offering is for those consumers who are not conerned about the sub Rs 5,000 price tag but require really impressive specs. Hence, MyEdu can be a good rival to the educational UbiSlate 7Ci.

BSNL Penta T-Pad IS7O1C

T-Pad IS701C has a 7 inch capacitive multi-touch display with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels. The tablet is powered by a 1GHz Cortex A8 processor. IS701C has a 512 MB RAM and 4 GB internal memory that can be expanded to 32 GB.

Penta T-Pad IS701C is a Wi-Fi Android tablet that has a 3G USB dongle support. It has a 0.3 MP front facing camera, a micro USB port and a USB 2.0 port. Pantel claims that the device has a powerful battery that offers 6 hours of backup.

Moreover, the tablet has a SIM card slot and comes packed with bundled BSNL plans, hence, it supports voice calling feature, which makes it advantagious as compared to UbiSlate 7Ci.

This week, with the official launch – Aakash 2 tablet has definitely created shocking waves in the tech arena by debuting at a subsidised price of Rs 1,130 for students. Also, commercial version of the tablet dubbed as UbiSlate 7Ci is priced very economically at Rs 4,499.

With specs such as 7 inch multi-touch capacitive touchscreen display with 800 x 480 pixel resolution, Android ICS, 1GHz ARM Cortex A8 processor, 512MB RAM, 4GB internal storage, front facing VGA camera, Wi-Fi connectivity and 3,000 mAh Li-ion battery, Aakash 2 surely has proven itself a price killer and has given sleepless nights to many budget tablet manufacturers in India including Micromax, Karbonn and others.

The availability of the device on the retail stores has still not been confirmed; however the commercial version of the tablet is available for online purchase from the company’s website.

Till the time, the availability of Aakash 2 UbiSlate 7Ci is announced, let’s check out the major five competitors that might have an edge over the Aakash 2. While, tablets like Micromax Funbook Infinity, Karbon Smart Tab 3 are already pepping good sales in the market, others like HCL My Edu tab, Bizbook and BSNL Penta tabs are also gaining momentum in the current aggressive market.