Sony Vaio Duo 11 Ultrabook with tablet functonality

Sony has launched a new laptop-tablet hybrid, called the Vaio Duo 11, in India. The Vaio Duo 11 is an ultrabook based on Windows 8 platform with extended tablet functionality adding more utility for its users. It allows users to work on it as any regular notebook or users can choose to slide in its display and use it as any other tablet.

The conversion between a notebook and tablet has been made possible with a unique surf-slider design that allows the display to be folded right on top of the keyboard for tablet like usage.

The Sony Vaio Duo 11 comes with an 11.6 inch LED backlit TFT LCD display featuring capacitive touch for tablet like functionality. To power this up, Sony has chosen a dual core Intel Core i5 processor running at 1.7 GHz with turbo boos functionality that can clock the processor up to 2.6 GHz if need be. Along with that the Sony Vaio Duo 11 comes with 4 GB of RAM and 128 GB of inbuilt memory for storage.

The Sony Vaio Duo 11 features WiFi connectivity which is not a limitation as today most offices and homes are WiFi enabled plus users can always carry a pocket WiFi router for connectivity on the go.

Powered with Windows 8 (64 Bit), the Sony Vaio Duo 11 offers maximum productivity in a smaller package as it weighs 1.3 KG only that includes the battery pack as well.
For imaging, the Sony Vaio Duo 11 relies on dual full HD cameras positioned at back as well as front of the device that offer 1920 x 1080 resolution videos. Priced at Rs 89,990, the Sony Vaio Duo 11 will be available for purchase for the Sony India retailers starting month of December.

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ZenFocus tablet with expandable RAM

ZenFocus, an asset and service management company, has forayed into tablet market with a new 7 inch tablet called myZenTAB 708B. The entry level tablet comes with a 7 inch capacitive, 5 point touch screen with 800 x 480 pixels resolution.

This tablet is based on Boxchip A13 chipset and supported by Mali-400 graphics processor unit. It comes loaded with 512 MB DDR3 RAM and also has external memory expansion support for additional 3 GB RAM, Android OS 4.03 and has Flash 11.1.

MyZenTAB 708B has a front camera of 0.3 megapixel camera and an external support of USB mouse and keyboard. It also supports 3G dongle for 3G network access. It has built in WiFi (b/g/n) support. The tablet also has internal storage of 4 GB.

The MyZenTAB 708B is currently available for Rs 5,999 from Snapdeal.com and Carrefour Cash and Carry stores in India. The same promotion is also being made available through distributors and dealers all over India.
Though the company claims that the tablet is meant for business as well as for commoners, the tablet apart from the expandable RAM doesn't seem to have anything special for even the price being asked for as you get several such tablets from the likes of Micromax and Karbonn. Also, we do not know about the build quality of the tablet and if the company has done something better with that, then only does it make any sense.

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Aakash 2's commercial version available for pre-booking

Canadian company, Datawind has formally announced a new version of its much hyped Aakash tablet. Named Aakash 2, the tablet was unveiled by Pranab Mukherjee, President of India. Designed and manufactured by Datawind, the Aakash 2 tablet comes with a 7-inch display and houses a 1 GHz mobile processor.
Datawind has not officially announced the price of the tablet yet but few reports have said that the tablet will be available to students for a subsidiesed price of Rs 1,130. However, Datawind in its official press release said that the tablet is commercially available in the market as UbiSlate 7Ci for a price of Rs 4,499. The company also told The Mobile Indian that they will provide the tablet to the Human Resource Ministry for distribution among students for Rs 2,263.
"The price is Rs 2,263 at which the government purchases the device from us. The government subsidises it by 50 per cent and it will be distributed to students at Rs 1,130," Datawind chief executive officer Suneet Tuli was quoted as saying.

Datawind promises to supply 100,000 units to the Institute of Information and Technology - Bombay which will further distribute those tablets to Engineer Universities.
The Aakash 2 tablet arrives with 7-inch touchscreen display that supports 480x800 pixel resolution natively. This screen is capable of supporting 4-point multi-touch. Datawind has used a 1 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 mobile processor and 512 MB RAM to power the Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system of the tablet. There is a front facing VGA camera to click images or initiate video chat. There is a 3.5 mm audio port to enjoy music on the same. On normal battery, the tablet offers about three hours of run time.
The teaching faculties of the IIT Bombay have also claimed to build some applications for the Engineering Students on the Aakash 2 tablet.
The first version of the tablet, Aakash was the dream of many and eventually turned into a nightmare. Delays in the availability, disappointing device quality and several issues plagued the first generation Aakash Tablet. In fact, we still get inquiries about where to purchase or order Aakash Tablet from. Many who have already ordered the tablet are yet to hear from the company.
Though the subsidized Aakash 2 tablet's availability is not known yet, you can pre-book the UbiSlate 7Ci tablet from DataWind by following this link.

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