Micromax Funbook Can Work Only With Tata Photon Plus!

 
Micromax has entered the tablet market in India with its Funbook tab. The company is also offering a Tata Photon Plus bundled with additional 1GB data download for the first two months. The device will work only with Tata Photon Plus EVDO data card. It means that the users are not allowed to use any other USB modem other than the preloaded Tata Photon Plus.

Gadget freaks opine that this is likely to restrict the reach of the tablet device, which is priced at Rs 6,499. Speaking about the device, Deepak Mehrotra, CEO, Micromax Informatics Limited, said, “We are looking forward to cater to the educational and entertainment needs of the Indian youth at an affordable price.” But given the fact that it is restricted to one telecom service provider, it is sure to force the buyers to look for other options. When asked about the reasons for tying up with one service provider, Mehrotra said, “It a part of our collaboration initiatives. For the time being, the device can only work with Tata Photon Plus.” 
However, he refrained from commenting about the services and reach of Tata Phone Plus. He said, "It's not what we would like to comment on. We will try to increase the reach of our device through our distribution network." Mehrotra also did not comment on the time frame when the tablet will support other service providers.

It is worth mentioning here that Micromax Informatics Limited unveiled its edutainment tablet- Micromax Funbook in New Delhi yesterday. The company claims that the 1-cm thick Funbook is the slimmest and lightest tablet in India.

Powered with the latest Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Operating Software (OS), the Funbook runs on a 1.2 GHz Cortex A8 processor and has a 17.8-cm (7-inch) capacitive touch screen. Micromax has targeted the youth, right from primary school students to civil service aspirants with their ‘pass hoga aur time pass bhi hoga' tag. The tablet features a 0.3 mega pixel VGA front camera and is available in silver and black colours.

Along with Vriti e-learning app, the Funbook has ready-to-use study materials for all school boards in India like ICSE, ISC, and preparatory materials for Medical, MBA, Engineering and other exams. The tablet is powered by BIGflix, which allows users the freedom to choose from over 1000 movies in 9 languages. The languages are Hindi, English, Bengali, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi and Punjabi, that cover across almost all genres. It also allows users to view over 48 channels like MTV, Colors, UTV Bindaas, UTV Movies, NDTV, etc. The device is available on the company's website.