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New Delhi: Electronic consumer device maker Sony today launched its first tablet PC in India and unveiled 3G tablets which will be launched mid next month.
“Today we are launching tablets that support WiFi connectivity. In mid-January we will launch tablets that will have both 3G connectivity and WiFi. We expect 3G-enabled tablets to contribute 80 percent to our total tablet sales in this financial year,” Sony Managing Director Masaru Tamagawa told reporters here.
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Sony launched WiFi-enabled tablets, S and P models, based on Google’s Android platform at a price starting from Rs 29,990.
“We are in discussion with some operators to bundle these tablets with their services,” Tamagawa said.
Sony Tablet will be available in 3G version will be first tablet to have dual screen and which can be folded. The dual screen can be used as single and also for two separate functions. This tablet will be launched at price of Rs 36,990.
The company has plans to invest Rs 10 crore in promotion of these tablets in last quarter of this financial year.
“These tablets are compatible with DLNA which will allow user to connect their tablet with other DLNA supporting devices,” Sony Corporation’s Deputy President for VAIO and Mobile Business Group Hideyuki Furumi said.
DLNA will provide features like watching movie available in the tablet on a DLNA compatible TV or listening to music on speakers supporting DLNA technology within premise of a user. Both the tablets will be available across 500 stores in India from mid-January, Tamagawa said.
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