BSNL is introducing Cheap tablets for their customers for Rs. 3500/- - T-Pad IS701R for Rs 3,499 Vs Datawind’s UbiSlate for Rs 2,999

BSNL is introducing Cheap tablets  for their customers for Rs. 3500/- - T-Pad IS701R for Rs 3,499 Vs Datawind’s UbiSlate for Rs 2,999

 The aakash Tablet  is very low priced to Rs 2999/- but to compete with this Aakash now a Tablet actually an  upgraded version of Aakash has come to market  in terms of pricing and specifications. The new tablet is  T-pad IS 70 1 R.   Let’s do a quick comparison between the two.

The T-Pad IS701R has a 7 inch resistive touchscreen TFT display (800×600 pixel resolution) in comparison to UbiSlate’s 7 inch resistive touchscreen display (800×480 pixel resolution), so the Penta TPAD scores more on pixel resolution.

Also, while the Penta TPAD runs on a 1GHz processor and has 256MB of RAM, UbiSlate runs on an Arm 8- 700 MHz processor and it also has 256MB of RAM. Both the Tablets run on the Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS and both the Tablets have 2GB of internal memory that is expandable up to 32GB with the help of a microSD card.

While the Penta TPAD has a 0.3 MP camera, UbiSlate does not offer any camera. On the connectivity front, both the devices have Wi-Fi, but the Penta TPAD comes with only one USB port while UbiSlate comes with two. Additionally, UbiSlate also supports optional 3G modems; a feature absent in the other Tablet and it has a 3200 mAh Li-on battery in comparison to Penta TPAD’s 3000 mAh Li-on battery.

Also, although UbiSlate comes with internet access of 2GB for Rs 98 per month (operator not disclosed on the site), the Penta TPAD is coming with a special launch offer with 3 months of data download free which is natural given that it is an operator bundled product from BSNL. In this promotion, a BSNL 2G SIM will come bundled with the product with a special Penta Data plan (exact details of which are not yet available). And the company is also claiming that if the customer uses the special Penta 2G data plan for a year, they can recover the entire cost of the tablet (probably somewhat similar to the data plans Airtel and Aircel offer on the iPhone 4S).

Finally, even though in terms of pricing, the Penta TPAD is Rs 500 costlier than the UbiSlate, consumers may  opt for it because it offers better features and is backed by BSNL.