Apple iPad 2 Launched in India – Specs, Features & Price

The Apple iPad 2 has already been launched in the US and several other countries on March 25. Now, approx. 1 month later, it’s coming up in India as well. The new Apple iPad 2 is the successor of the popular Apple iPad Tablet. It is one-third thinner, lighter than the old iPad, more powerful with double speed CPU and 9 times speed GPU. Also comes with the latest iOS 4.3.

Rumours and speculations have made the Apple iPad 2 as the much awaited gadget of 2011. So here are the Apple iPad 2 specifications:

•     Dimensions (HxWxD) : 241.2×185.7×8.8mm
•     Weight : 601 GM or 1.33 pounds
•     Storage : 16GB/32GB/64GB
•     Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n)
•     Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR technology
•     3G : UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA , Quad band GSM/EDGE
•     Digital Compass
•     Sensors : Three-axis gyro, Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor
•     GPS with A-GPS
•     Display : 9.7-inch LED-back-lit Multi-Touch display with IPS technology , 1024×768 resolution
•     Processor : 1GHz dual-core Apple A5 Processor
•     Camera : 5MP Rear and Front VGA
•     HD Video Player and Audio Player
•     Battery :
•         Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi-Fi
•         Up to 9 hours of surfing the web using 3G data network
•     Charging via power adapter or USB to computer system
•     3.5mm stereo headphone jack
•     Built-in speaker
•     Micro-SIM card tray (Wi-Fi + 3G model)

Apple iPad 2 Features:

iPad2 is coming in 2 models: Apple iPad 2 WiFi and Apple iPad 2 WiFi + 3G. Have a look on below mentioned features list:

•     9.7 inches LED-backlit Multi-Touch display, IPS technology, Fingerprint-resistant coating.
•     Dual Core Processors – A5 chip
•     Up to 2x faster CPU
•     Up to 9x faster graphics
•     Low power consuming processor
•     8.8mm thick, i.e. 33% thinner
•     Lighter – up to 15% lighter
•     Two colors – Black and White
•     Up to 10 hours battery life
•     1 month standby
•     WiFi + 3G connectivity (in iPad 2 3G model)
•     Dual Camera – Front and Rear
•     FaceTime HD
•     Sensors : Gyro, accelerometer, and compass
•     iPad Smart Cover – Available in various vibrant colors

Apple iPad 2 WiFi Prices in India:

•     16GB – Rs.29,500
•     32GB – Rs.34,500
•     64GB – Rs.39,500

Apple iPad 2 3G Prices in India (3G +WiFi):

•     16GB – Rs.36,900
•     32GB – Rs.41,900
•     64GB – Rs.46,900

Apple iPad 2 is launched in India. It’s now available in India at Apple India’s premium resellers like Croma, eZone, Reliance Store, iMagine, Staples and probably other popular stores.

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Samsung launches the Luxury Edition of its Galaxy Tab

Samsung has recently come out with its limited luxury edition of its Galaxy Tab. This latest gadget will prove to be a perfect choice for the rich gadget geeks who wants to have something different, classy and luxurious.

This latest luxury edition of the tablet comes along with exclusive leather case and features Bluetooth headset. Other technical specifications of the device remain the same. There is 7 inches of display in the gadget that offers resolution count of 6000 X 1024 pixels. The luxury edition also runs on Android 2.2 Froyo and comes packed with WiFi, GPS, 1GHz of processor, HSDPA, 2 cameras and other features.

The luxury edition of Samsung Galaxy Tab is specially designed so as to make it look even more impressive luxurious and elegant.  The gadget is launched to cater the rich segment of the market as it comes with a heavy price tag.  The Samsung Galaxy Tab Luxury Edition will be available in the market from 15th of December this year.

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Tablet for Rs.1700 in India

Communications and Information Technology minister, Kapil Sibal has announced a tablet for just Rs. 1700 to be available for school children in India from October. The announcement was made at an award ceremony held by the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) on 29th September 2011.

The cheap priced Tablet will allow the school students go beyond the school curriculum, break boundaries of classroom and teachers, and apply their imagination and talent to learn through the IT.
 
This project is one of the biggest initiatives taken in the 12th Five Year Plan by the Indian Government taking into consideration the quality of teachers available in most of the schools in India.

The Tablet is to be available from 5th October 2011 according to the news by various sources.

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Mercury M Tab - Rates Not Released

Unlike beetel, the mercury tablet comes with android 2.3 operating system and 1.2 GHz 3-Core processor and 512 MB of RAM. Now, that’s pretty descent specs for the price tab they placed on the device. The tablet has inbuilt 4 GB memory and can be extended to 16 GB if you wish.
7-inch WVGA TFT LCD touch display with a 1.3 MP camera are the other features to look at. Our source says that the tab will not have inbuild 3G, however you can plugin 3G dongle to surf internet on the go. For a price tag of 9,499 rupees, the tab certainly has edge on the other cheap tablets available in the market.

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Acer Iconia Tab - Rs 28,000

This tablet has a LED capacitive screen and bordered by half an inch of shiny black bezel. It has a tiny web cam which is seen when you hold this tablet vertically which is very useful for video chat, instant messengers. This tablet has 5 MP camera with a single LED flash and a pair of silver stereo speakers. The device also has a 2 MP secondary camera and comes with a 3.5 mm Jack and at the left side it has a power button and towards the other edge it has a HDMI port. There is plastic flap besides the orientation lock button that houses the MicroSD card and SIM card slots. The tablet is powered by Dual-core 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor while also comes with ULP GeForce GPU, Tegra 2 T20 chipset.

At the bottom of the Tablet there is a docking connector for the optional charging dock with infra red remote. This device has 1 GB DDR2 RAM its battery backup is very good as its battery is 3260 mAh and its weight measures 777g.

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