14 DAY TRIAL // Indian company HCL is about to expand its ME series family of tablets with another 7-inch slate dubbed X1 ME.
According to the guys over at AndroidOS, the tablet will be available for purchase starting today for Rs 10,490 (about $213 or 155 EUR).
Given its low price, the tablet does not come with the latest Honeycomb platform, instead it offers users Android 2.3 Gingerbread, along with exclusive access to the ME App store which has over 10,000 apps.
The X1's 7-inch capacitive touchscreen display supports 800 x 480 pixels resolution and 16 million colors support.
In addition, the slate is equipped with a 1Ghz processor, a 2-megapixel camera, 512 MB of RAM, 4GB of internal memory, as well as microSD card slot for memory expasion (up to 32GB).
“We are excited to launch our new tablet ‘The X1’, specially designed to cater to the demands of the Indian customers. The X1 ME Tablet promises to bring great value by re defining on–the-go user experience with its innovative design, display and technology,” said Mr. Harsh Chitale, CEO, HCL Infosystems.
Clearly the tablet is aimed at Indian consumers, so the manufacturer decided to pre-load a range of useful apps such as “ME Connect,” which allows users to transfer content on the tablet from any another computing device.
“We want our products to be one of the prime enablers to the life that our consumer aspires for and we are confident that with our expertise in the industry a device like The X1 will unleash innovative models of usage both in the B2B & B2C segments backed by customized applications,” concluded Mr. Chitale.
Last, but not least, the X1 ME provides users with the option to book discounted tickets or download discounted music and e-books from various local websites.