KYMI handpicks 10 best budget Android tablets for school and college students in India
Tablets are gaining popularity among school and college students for their portablility and intrecative lessons.Since the launch of Aakash tablet in 2012, which is the world’s cheapest tablet computer, several vendors have started announcing such devices loaded with educational content to excite the students and make the process of learning easier.
KYMI handpicks the top 10 best budget educational tablets in the market for this month.
- Aakash 2 UbiSlate 7C
The Aakash 2 boasts of a 7-inch 4-point capacitive touchscreen display with a resolution of 800x480 pixels and is powered by a 1GHz ARM Cortex A8 processor and 512MB of RAM. The tablet comes with a VGA front-facing camera for video calls, 4GB in-built memory, expandable to up to 32GB and is flavored with Android 4.0 ICS operating system. The Aakash 2 packs connectivity aspects like mini USB, Wi-Fi, OTG and is equipped with a 3,200 mAh battery offering 4 hours of backup.
Price: Rs 4,499
- iBall Edu Slide i-1017
iBall Edu Slide is powered by eTeach and is specially designed for school children and is useful for both CBSC and SSC curriculum. The tablet houses a 10.1-inch multi-touch IPS capacitive touchscreen display with 1280x800 pixel resolution and is stuffed with a 1.5GHz dual-core Cortex A9 processor and Mali 400 GPU.
Running on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS, the Edu Slide i-1017 comes with 2-megapixel rear shooter, VGA front-facing camera, 8GB internal storage, expandable to 32GB and 1GB RAM. The other goodies of the tablet include Wi-Fi, micro USB and a decent battery life.
Price: Rs 12,999
- HCL MyEduWorld X1
HCL Learning, which is focused in launching educational devices for students brings MyEduWorld X1. The Android 4.0 ICS tablet offers a content repository of more than 6,000 visually rich 2D-3D animations, real-life examples, step-by-step illustrations and has more than 25,000 solved examples and 15,000 quizzes. MyEduWorld also has educational applications like problem solver, online encyclopedia, live-videos and more educational content free of cost.
Price: Rs 9,999
- Micromax Funbook Talk P350
The Funbook Talk P350 is a voice calling tablet oriented for students. It is fitted with a 7-inch capacitive touchscreen display with 800x480 pixel resolution and features like multi-touch and pinch to zoom. Further, based on Android ICS, the device features a Cortex A8 Core accompanied by Mali 400 GPU, 4GB internal storage, 512MB RAM and a memory card slot supporting up to 32GB additional storage. Other features of the Funbook Talk P350 include VGA front-facing camera, Wi-Fi, mini HDMI and 2,800 mAh battery delivering up to 5 hours talk time and 112 hours standby.
Price: Rs 7,249
- Go Tech Funtab 2G Talk
Go Tech recently came with Funtab 2G Talk with CBSC content onboard. The voice calling tablet sports a 7-inch LCD 800x480 capacitive touchscreen display and runs on Android 4.0.3 ICS. It comes with 2-megapixel rear camera, VGA front camera, 1.2GHz Cortex A8 processor with 512MB RAM and Mali-400 3D GPU. There is 4GB of internal storage which is expandable up to 32GB via micro SD card, Wi-Fi, 3G, USB and a 3,000 mAh battery. The Funtab 2G Talk comes with an array of pre-loaded applications like educational, gaming, social and entertainment.
Price: Rs 6,999
