Reliance 3G Tab V9A With 7" Screen And Android 2.3 Announced For Rs 14,500

Reliance Communications has decided to try its luck once again in the tablet market. While the launch date has not yet been set, theReliance 3G Tab V9A will bear a Rs 14,500 price tag. A successor to the Reliance 3G Tab, this one will be powered by a 1.4 GHz processor with 512 MB of RAM.

Running Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), the device will have limited appeal to some users, considering howcheaper tablets with similar specs come with Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) out of the box. The device measures 7.6" (l) x 4.8" (w) x 0.5" (12.75 mm) (d), tips the scales at 402 grammes, and comes with 4 GB of internal storage expandable to 32 GB via a microSD card slot. Other specs are as follows:

• 7" capacitive, multi-touch (5-point) screen with pixel dimensions of 1024x600.
• Phone and video calling via a GSM 3G SIM (GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, UMTS 850/900/1900/2100 MHz).
• 3 mp main and 0.3 mp front camera.
• 3G, Wi-Fi with hot-spot (connect any Wi-Fi device to the internet via the tablet), Bluetooth 2.1.
• FM Radio, GPS receiver, accelerometer, and compass.
• 3400 mAh battery.

The tab comes preloaded with apps such as Documents To Go (support for MS Office files), Reliance World Online, Reliance TV, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Orkut. As an introductory offer, Reliance is giving away two months of free movies via a subscription to BigFlix, a one-year subscription to McAfee Mobile Security, three months of free unlimited video calls to any Reliance 3G number, and 3 GB of free data every month for three months. According to the company, this deal presents a combined value of Rs 6250. Click here for the tariffs relevant to the 3G Tab V9A.