What I like best about the iBall Slide 0900-C, is its instinct for the needs of aam aadmi users for desi digital dreams in a paisa vasool package. The device is only millimetres shy of an 8-inch Android Kiktkat HD (1024 by 724) tablet fuelled by an 8-core ARM chip, with front and back cameras both 5MP, the rear one with flash; dual phone SIMs ( one of them thoughtfully, microSIM); a generous 2GB RAM and 16GB on onboard storage which can be expanded by a microSD card to another 32GB.
You will find a dozen brands with similar specs, though arguably not many at the reasonable asking price of Rs 12,999, and even fewer in a package as light as 367 grams. To stand up in such a crowd, of similar spec hardware, iBall cannily works on the software and includes what the rest of us buyers ( not just techies) look for in our primary and possibly only Internet tool: very Indian apps like Hungama and Kamaal Dhamaal ( the latter for wallpapers and Bollywood video); yellow page sites like OLX and Quikr; buy sites like Myntra; both Google and Opera browse options and a multiple Indian language news site called NewsHunt which also doubles as a source of downloadable e-books.
Again see the clever positioning: While e-books on classier platforms like Kindle could set you back $9, the choices here start at Rs 9 and not your Society Page authors either but earthier fare like devotional titles and exam guides. This is clearly for the Other India and thank God device makers finally recognize where the real market lies.
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One final plus: This is one of the loudest tablets I have tried out this year, you won't need an external speaker or headphones with this one when you watch movies.
