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Tuesday, 3 April 2012
Micromax unleashes the Funbook – at Rs 6,499 tablet
Micromax has joined the league of promoting education in the country through tablets by introducing the Funbook, a tablet that aims to provide education and entertainment – for as little as Rs 6,499!
The tablet that runs on Android Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0.3) comes packed with 17.78cm (800x480 pixels) capacitive display, is 1 cm thick, and runs on a 1.2 GHz processor. It comes with 512 MB RAM, and has 4GB internal memory, which can be further expanded up to 32 GBwith the help of a MicroSD card. In addition to this, it has got a 0.3-megapixel VGA front facing camera and HD video playback that supports all popular formats.Micromax says that the device is targeted at 67% of the total urban youth population, which is about 20 million, who want to own a computing device for learning as well as fun.
“Fun and education are two important elements of a youth’s life; they always try to balance between what they have to do and what they want to do. With the launch of Funbook, we are offering a smart solution to solve this dilemma, and we believe that Funbook will help in creating a balance between the two,” said Deepak Mehrotra, CEO, Micromax during the product launch.
Micromax has entered into partnerships with a number of prominent players to provide education and entertainment content on the tabley. These include Pearson and Everonn for getting the students unique and relevant content, and Bigflix, Zinga and Indiagames for gaming and entertainment content.
“We will offer our school curriculum- learning modules, IIT/ JEE test preparation module and at home live tuition products on Funbook. Students can now have access to good teachers, educational content and a great learning experience anytime anywhere,” said Susha John, director and CEO, Everonn Education.
To increase the value proposition of the device, Micromax has tied up with Tata Photon + to bundle its EVDO data card with 1 GB free data download for two months. The device which is priced at Rs 6,499 will be available across all leading stores in India. Buyers can also order the tablet online from Micromax’s newly launched e-store.
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Monday, 2 April 2012
Sunday, 1 April 2012
BSNL Offers 20% discount on WiMAX Broadband to Govt/PSU Employees
State run PSU Major Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd(BSNL) extend its 20% Discount scheme to Central Govt./ State Govt./PSUs employees, visually impaired, BSNL staff and retired Govt./PSU employees on 4G based High Speed Wireless Broadband Services (WiMAX) Services which was applicable till now on Landline Broadband services. The 20% discount on usage and rental for WiMAX postpaid connections provided on WiMAX Plans WI 70 (Limited 4GB upto 2 Mbps) and HOWI 750 (Unlimited- 512 Kbps), while 20% will not be applicable is WiMAX Broadband subscriber is already using any special discount/concession.
BSNL WiMAX 20% discount is one major step in order to boost the acquisition and usage of WiMAX Broadband among Government staffs on Broadband Service charges (usage and rental) for Broadband connections provided to Central Government/ State Government/ PSU Employees category. The New scheme is applicable from 1st April 2012 on approval of competent authority.
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Saturday, 31 March 2012
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