Datawind who is known to produce low cost tablets for the purpose of education in developing countries and was founded in Montreal, Canada has now come up with their latest gadget, the PC 7SC tablet at a retail price of Rs. 2,999 as an expansion PocketSurfer Series smart phones and the UbiSurfer range of Netbooks. The Tablet is the lowest cost tablet computer with cellular connectivity, allowing anytime and anywhere internet access with a regular SIM.
Suneet Singh Tuli, President and CEO of Datawind said, The new range of smartphones and tablets are powered with free unlimited Internet browsing for a year on Reliance Communications (RCom) and Telenor network. The 7-inch devices from Datawind disrupts the existing affordability conventions and again demonstrate the company's commitment to true democratization of technology across income groups. He further added that We are launching this tablet to address the forgotten billions, who are our largest constituent of digital age today. We are very confident that 7SC will impress everyone with its superior quality and innovation. The growing ambition of people will find the product within their reach, geographically as well as economically.
In addition to regular voice calling functionality, the tablet incorporates DataWind’s web-delivery platform (covered by 18 US and international patents) that allows the devices to deliver the fastest mobile web experience on regular GSM-EDGE based networks, thereby, reducing bandwidth consumption by factors of 10x to 30x and giving a phenomenal browsing speed on 3G and 4G networks. As per the latest reports and words of Maneesh Goel, CEO, DEN Snapdeal TV-Shop Our association with Datawind has been phenomenal. Their aggressive pricing strategy has enabled to capture the substantial pie of the tablet market in India. Tech products contribute to around 50-60% of our overall product category and we hope to even amplify the momentum with the sale of this product.
On the specs front, the Datawind Tablet 7SC has a screen size of 17.78 having a display resolution of 52.47ppi. It also comes with 512MB RAM, 4GB of internal memory easily expandable up to 32GB using a MicroSD card and a 1.3Ghz Single core processor by Media Core. The tablet also comes equipped with a 2400mAh battery and runs on Android Kitkat v4.4.2 operating system. It is light in weight and smart to carry.