In India, there's a tablet for everyone

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  • Tablet for the spiritual

    Tablet for the spiritual

    If you're spiritual and a follower of Sri Sri Ravishankar, his organization partnered with Chennai based OEM EAFT to come up with the Android 2.3 based tablet. The tablet comes bundled with content from Art of Living. It costs ~$340.

    Photo by: The Mobile Indian

    Caption by: Manan Kakkar

  • Tablet for women

    Tablet for women

    You're a working professional and a woman? Well, here's a tablet PC just for you! You can put it in handbags and it has apps tailored for you. Or so they advertise. The 3G enabled Android 2.3 tablet called TabTop comes from Milagrow Humantech.

    Caption by: Manan Kakkar

  • Tablet for school kids

    Tablet for school kids

    Tablet PCs in education is a huge market, competing with the Indian government's cheap Aakash tablet are several players, one of them being HCL's MyEdu Tab. With content from India's National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT), there are tablets for Kindergarten to 12th grade students.

    Surprisingly, HCL isn't the only company targeting this age-group. Ispan Infotech has a tablet for children in the 3 to 8 age-group.

    Caption by: Manan Kakkar

  • Tablet for the College

    Tablet for the College

    HCL did not stop at doing tablets for K-12 kids, they decided to do one for higher education as well. Under the same HCL MyEdu Tab brand, the X1 is targeted at users who have finished school but are still studying.

    Caption by: Manan Kakkar

  • Tablet for the health and fitness conscious

    Tablet for the health and fitness conscious

    Where do I even begin. I mean, really. A tablet for fitness enthusiasts?! Delhi based Go Tech has a tablet called the Funtab Fit which comes with just one fitness related application. The app sound very interesting for India but buying a horrible tablet for that, makes absolutely no sense.

    Caption by: Manan Kakkar

  • The superhero tablet

    The superhero tablet

    Superstar Shahrukh Khan went all-out for his superhero movie Ra.One's promotion. In addition to mobile apps, there was a movie-branded tablet PC. South Indian superstar Rajnikanth's upcoming movie will have their own mobile phones and tablets.

    Caption by: Manan Kakkar

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The interest in tablet PCs has gripped the price conscious Indian market with manufacturers leveraging personalities to sell cost-efficient, under powered and crappy tablets.

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Tablet for the spiritual

If you're spiritual and a follower of Sri Sri Ravishankar, his organization partnered with Chennai based OEM EAFT to come up with the Android 2.3 based tablet. The tablet comes bundled with content from Art of Living. It costs ~$340.

Caption by: Manan Kakkar

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