SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB 2 10.1 - $400 (Rs 30000 in India)

SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB [Image Source: www.samsung.com]

As the name suggests this is second generation of Samsung’s galaxy tab series with new and advanced features. This runs on the new android 4.0 OS. Galaxy tab 2 also comes with a variety of new and cool apps which will keep users addicted to it. It comes with a dual core processor which will be very useful and fast for multitasking. Touchwiz provided by Samsung makes it so user friendly.

SPECIFICATIONS:

*  Android 4.0 icecream sandwich OS
*  1 GHz dual processor
*  1 GB RAM
*  16 GB internal storage and expandable upto 32 GB
*  Display 10.1”
*  1280 x 800 screen resolution
*  Camera: 3 MP rear and VGA front
*  7000 mAh battery
*  Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi, USB
*  A-GPS and google maps included
*  Headphones - Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
*  Video: MKV,WMV,ASF,H.263,MPEG-4,FLV,AVI,3GP,H.264,DivX,VP8,VC-1
*  Audio: WMA,AAC,AC3,WAV,OGG,FLAC,AMR,MP3,MIDI
*  Preloaded software: YouTube,Gmail,Google Play,Google Search,Google Calendar,Google Plus,Music Hub,Polaris Office,Samsung Apps
*  Sensors: Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor, Digital compass

PROS:

*  Thin and light
*  Powerful battery
*  Universal remote app
*  IR blaster
*  Runs android 4.0
*  Adobe Flash 11 support
*  720p HD video recording

CONS:
*  High price
*  Performance not upto competition
*  No HDMI
*  Not so god resolution
*  No LED flash
*  Camera not upto expectation.

             Samsung galaxy tab 2 10.1 is overall a good tablet. But considering its price there good tablets for the same range. Its performance is sluggish sometimes and is priced high also. It has a very stylish design when compared to transformer TF300 in the same price range but in the case of performance transformer take the lead. The quad-core Asus transformer pad TF300 is $20 less for the same storage and $400 gets you that tablet with 32GB of storage. The TF300 also includes Micro-HDMI and a higher-quality rear camera. But if you want a premium looking stylish tablet which is solidly built then you can go for galaxy tab 2 10.1.

Aakash tablet - $60 (Rs 3000)

      There has been a revolution in the field of tablet PC with the arrival of Aakash tablets. It is one of the cheapest tablet available in the market. Commercial version of Aakash comes with a number of other features including support to GPRS, Wi-Fi, 3G and SIM facility. It allows faster data access and use of the tablet as a smart phone to make and receive calls. This would definitely go down as a big advantage of Aakash tablet.

SPECIFICATION:
 *  ARM 11 - 366 GHz processor
*  256 MB RAM
*  Display 7”
*  2 GB internal storage and expandable upto 32 GB
*  Android 2.2 Froyo OS
*  2100 mAh (batter life 3 hrs approx)
*  800 x 480 screen resolution
*  No camera
*  Video: Supports MPEG2 / MPEG4 / AVI
*  Audio: MP3 / WMA / AAC / AC3 / WAV / WMA
*  Image: Supports : JPEG / PNG / GIF / BMP
*  Documents: Supports : PDF /ODP / PPT / XLS / DOCX / DOC / XLSX
*  Weight 350g
*  2 USB port
*  Wi-Fi capability

PROS:
*  It comes with the Andoid 2.2 Froyo with over 15k pre-installed apps.
*  It supports a number of file formats for images, audio and video.
*  Cheapest tablet available.

CONS:
*  It can't access Android marketplace to download new apps and games.

*  Resisitve touchscreen*  It heats up quickly.
*  2100 mAh battery of the tablet isn't powerful enough to provide good power.
*  Non-availability of inbuilt camera however external webcam can be connected to USB.
*  It face problems in running heavier apps, multitasking is also a problem.
*  Non-availability of customer care centers.
       This tablet has a lot of demerits than merits. But one should consider the price tag also. This is really a good tablet considering its price. No other tablet offers you this much features in this price. Value for money is quite high. But if you can wait then I recommend you to wait for the all new version of Aakash tablet. It will be having more advanced specs, good battery backup and new features too and the interesting fact is that it will be having the same price!