Karbonn Mobiles Introduces Smart Tab 1 Tablet with Android 4.1 'Jelly Bean'
IT News Online Staff
2012-08-03
Karbonn Mobiles has introduced its Karbonn Smart Tab 1 tablet running on the Android 4.1 'Jelly Bean' platform. The tablet incorporates the ultra low-power MIPS-Based JZ4770 SoC from Ingenic Semiconductor as its running core and leverages the simplicity and elegance of the MIPS architecture, resulting in features like extremely low power consumption, fast 1.2 GHz performance and a high level of functional integration.
Targeted at technology enthusiasts in India who wish to experience the latest from the Android eco-system (Android 4.1 Jelly Bean), the Karbonn Smart Tab 1 can be pre-booked at the Karbonn Web site. Existing Karbonn Smart Tab 1 users can upgrade their pre-loaded Android 4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich) platform to Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) platform for free.
Intending to capture the yet nascent smart tablet market in the country with its offering of industry benchmarks like Android 'Jelly Bean' platform and a 17.8 cm capacitive 5-point touchscreen powered by a 3,700mAh battery; the Karbonn Smart Tab 1 priced at Rs. 6990/- (MOP) also features a 3D gravity sensor, Wi-Fi and 3G support through USB dongle, along with a 2 MP front camera and pre-embedded applications such as the Karbonn Smart Browser and Karbonn Smart games, local apps including the Times of India and Economic Times app, Facebook and much more.
Pradeep Jain, Managing Director, Karbonn Mobiles, said, "Karbonn Mobiles is forever committed to bring revolutionary technology to the Indian technological eco-sphere. Herein through our technological collaboration with MIPS Technologies and product alliance with Ingenic Semiconductor, we are proud to present the world's first Smart Tab loaded with the revolutionary Android 'Jelly Bean' technology which is an industry-first in itself."
"Committed towards massifying technology and bringing in new-age technical innovations coupled with value-for-money product range aimed towards complete consumer delight, Karbonn Mobiles is proud to be one of the fastest growing entities in the Indian mobile phone brands space and intends to keep up its industry stewardship in the rapidly evolving smart products segments with value products like the Karbonn Smart Tab 1. We also intend to be the dominant marketer in tablet market wherein we wish to reach up to 200K units per month by focusing on enterprise business solutions segmentation, education, healthcare and hospitality and new-age business verticals," added Jain.
"This new tablet demonstrates continued adoption of our cost-effective JZ4770 SoC in mobile devices. The JZ4770 SoC leverages the simplicity and elegance of the MIPS architecture, and features extremely low power consumption, 1.2 GHz performance, and a high level of functional integration. Millions of tablets are already shipping around the globe based on our design, and we anticipate increasing success as more and more companies recognize the differentiation our solution can enable," said Qiang Liu, Chairman and CEO of Ingenic Semiconductor.
"After joining with Ingenic to announce the world's first Android 4.0 'Ice Cream Sandwich' tablet in December, we have achieved numerous additional tablet design wins. Working closely with Ingenic and its OEMs, we are seeing increasing success for the MIPS architecture in tablets, especially in emerging markets such as China, Indonesia and now India," said Gideon Intrater, Vice President of Marketing, MIPS Technologies.
Features of the new Karbonn Smart Tab 1 are:
- Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean Platform)
- 17.8 cm capacitive 5-point touchscreen
- 1.2 GHz processor
- 3,700 mAh battery
- 3D gravity sensor
- HDMI Support
- Full HD Video playback up to 1080p
- Wi-Fi and 3G support through USB dongle
- Pre-embedded applications - Karbonn Smart Browser and Karbonn Smart Games
- Local apps - Times of India and Economic Times app, Facebook
Features of the Ingenic JZ4770 SoC are:
- JZ4770 SoC is powered by a MIPS32R compatible XBurst CPU designed by Ingenic
- Adopts an innovative ultra-low-power pipelining architecture which consumes less than 90mW in 1 GHz (with L1 cache) with the entire SoC consuming ~250mW with the CPU and video engine operating under full load
- The JZ4770 SoC integrates an optimized 1080p video processing engine, OpenGL ES 2.0 3D graphics processing unit from Vivante Corp.
- Also integrates numerous on-chip analog and application blocks such as audio codecs and GPS
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