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Karbonn Introduces World’s First Budget Android 4.1 ‘Jelly Bean’ Tablet In India
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Friday, August 03, 2012:
Karbonn Mobiles, the fastest growing mobile brand in the Indian telecommunication eco-sphere has achieved another industry-first in the sector by introducing the country’s first budget tablet (Karbonn Smart Tab 1) running on the revolutionary Android 4.1 ‘Jelly Bean’ platform. With this technological marvel, Karbonn Mobiles has become the first company to bring in the latest innovation from the Android world to the Indian technological shores which is touted to be the fastest and smoothest version of Android yet.
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By collaborating with MIPS Technologies Inc., who are regarded as one of the leading providers of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for networking, mobile and embedded applications & Ingenic Semiconductor who develop innovative processer technology; Karbonn Mobiles has introduces the world’s first Android™ 4.1 ‘Jelly Bean’ Smart Tab I tablet which incorporates the popular, ultra low-power MIPS-Based™ JZ4770 SoC from Ingenic as its running core and leverages the simplicity and elegance of the MIPS architecture, resulting in features like extremely low power consumption, lightening fast 1.2GHz performance and a high level of functional integration.
To be made available to technology enthusiasts in India who wish to experience the latest from the Android eco-system (Android 4.1 –Jelly Bean), the revolutionary Karbonn Smart Tab 1 will be available at pre-book from the Karbonn home site. In its endeavour to involve the existing consumer base of the Karbonn Smart Tab 1 with the revolutionary Jelly Bean Android platform, Karbonn Mobiles will provide a free upgrade to the consumers from their pre-loaded Android 4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich) platform to Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) platform. This move, in continuation of Karbonn Mobiles’ surge to become the leading mobile phone player in the global telecommunications market, provides an outreach which is unmatched anywhere in the world.
After emerging as a dominant player in the Smart products segment in a short span of product existence, wherein the Karbonn Smart Tab 1 has been rated #1 in the sub-Rs.8000 bracket by various Indian tech reviewers & Indian media, Karbonn Mobiles has added onto its long standing technological innovation lists by incorporating the ‘Jelly Bean’ laden Smart Tab 1 into its product arsenal, which is a first in its category. The move is in continuation of Karbonn Mobiles endeavour to become an industry stalwart by bringing in avant-garde technologies to Indian consumers at a pocket-friendly price bracket which has helped it become the fastest growing mobile brand in the country. This is exemplified by a recent report by industry watcher Voice & Data, which says that Karbonn Mobiles as a brand has the highest growth rate amongst Indian players wherein Karbonn Mobiles’ market share has doubled in the past two years from 3% in 2010 to 6% in 2012.
Intending to capture the yet nascent smart tablet market in the country with its revolutionary offering of industry benchmarks like Android ‘Jelly Bean’ platform and a 17.8cm capacitive 5-point touch screen powered by a 3,700 mAh battery; the Karbonn Smart Tab 1 priced at Rs. 6990/- (MOP) also features a 3D gravity sensor, Wi-Fi and 3G support through USB dongle, along with a 2MP front camera and pre-embedded applications such as the Karbonn Smart Browser and Karbonn Smart games, local apps including the Times of India and Economic Times app, Facebook and much more.
Commenting on the launch, Pradeep Jain, Managing Director, Karbonn Mobiles said, “Karbonn Mobiles is forever committed to bring revolutionary technology to the Indian technological eco-sphere. Herein through our technological collaboration with MIPS Technologies and product alliance with Ingenic Semiconductor, we are proud to present the world’s first Smart Tab loaded with the revolutionary Android ‘Jelly Bean’ technology which is an industry-first in itself.”
“Committed towards massifying technology and bringing in new-age technical innovations coupled with value-for-money product range aimed towards complete consumer delight, Karbonn Mobiles is proud to be one of the fastest growing entities in the Indian mobile phone brands space and intends to keep up its industry stewardship in the rapidly evolving smart products segments with value products like the Karbonn Smart Tab 1. We also intend to be the dominant marketer in tablet market wherein we wish to reach upto 200K units per month by focussing on enterprise business solutions segmentation, education, healthcare & hospitality and new-age business verticals“, he added.
“This new tablet demonstrates continued adoption of our cost-effective JZ4770 SoC in mobile devices. The JZ4770 SoC leverages the simplicity and elegance of the MIPS architecture, and features extremely low power consumption, 1.2GHz performance, and a high level of functional integration. Millions of tablets are already shipping around the globe based on our design, and we anticipate increasing success as more and more companies recognize the differentiation our solution can enable,” said Qiang Liu, Chairman and CEO of Ingenic Semiconductor.
“After joining with Ingenic to announce the world’s first Android 4.0 ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ tablet in December, we have achieved numerous additional tablet design wins. Working closely with Ingenic and its OEMs, we are seeing increasing success for the MIPS architecture in tablets, especially in emerging markets such as China, Indonesia and now India,” said Gideon Intrater, Vice President of Marketing, MIPS Technologies.
Features of the new Karbonn Smart Tab 1* are:
Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean Platform)
17.8cm capacitive 5-point touch screen
1.2GHz processor
3,700 mAh battery
3D gravity sensor
HDMI Support
Full HD Video playback upto 1080p
Wi-Fi and 3G support through USB dongle
Pre-embedded applications - Karbonn Smart Browser & Karbonn Smart Games
Local apps - Times of India & Economic Times app, Facebook
*Available at pre-book on www.karbonnmobiles.com
Features of the revolutionary Ingenic JZ4770 SoC are:
JZ4770 SoC is powered by a MIPS32® compatible XBurst CPU designed by Ingenic
Adopts an innovative ultra-low-power pipelining architecture which consumes less than 90mW in 1GHz (with L1 cache) with the entire SoC consuming ~250mW with the CPU and video engine operating under full load
The JZ4770 SoC integrates an optimized 1080p video processing engine, OpenGL ES 2.0 3D graphics processing unit from Vivante Corp
Also integrates numerous on-chip analog and application blocks such as audio codecs and GPS
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