Intex I Buddy tablet available for pre-order on Infibeam

Earlier this year, Intex made a splash in the tablet market when it announced the iTab tablet running on Android Gingerbread. The Indian IT hardware, mobile and electronic products company, Intex Technologies, has now launched the Intex I Buddy tablet.

This tablet is now up for pre-order on Infibeam.com for a price of Rs 6,490. The online retailer states that they are offering free home delivery of the tablet across the country. A consumer also has the option of availing cash on delivery option with this product. In addition, you also get a free MID Keyboard Case worth Rs. 2590. The Intex I Buddy is available for preorder now and will launch by the 22nd of August.

Up for preorder

The Intex I Buddy is slim and measures 9 mm in thickness and weighs 316 g. The Intex I Buddy features a 7-inch capacitive touch screen with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels.

Where the iTab featured Android Gingerbread, Intex has loaded this tablet with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The Intex I Buddy is powered by a 1GHz processor and features 512MB DDRIII RAM. As far as connectivity is concerned, this tablet supports Wi-Fi as well as support for a 3G dongle. The brand has also fitted a front facing camera on the tablet that can be used for video calls. The tablet comes with 4GB of internal memory and this can be expanded up to 32GB via memory card. The tablet is powered by a 2350mAh battery.

Here is a quick look at some of the specifications of the Intex I Buddy tablet:

• Android 4.0
• 7-inch capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels
• 1GHz Boxchip A13
• Mali-400 GPU at 350MHz
• 0.3 MP front facing camera for video calling
• Micro USB, 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
• Video formats supported are avi, wmv, mp4, mkv, rm, rmvb, flv, vob, mov, 3gp
• Audio formats supported are mp3, wma, aac, amr, ogg, wav, ape, flac
• Photo formats supported are JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG
• 2350 mAh Polymer lithium Battery

The tablet comes preloaded with popular games such as Angry Birds and Fruit Ninja, which comes as a great addition on this tablet. Apart from this, the tablet features the Google Play Store. By using this store, one has access to a range of apps that cater to different needs.

This tablet comes with a one year warranty and to preorder the tablet on Infibeam, click here.

Earlier this year, we reviewed the Intex iTab and felt that it was a good tablet with great multimedia capabilities. The only downside is that it runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread and featured a relatively high price. To check out our in depth review on the Intex iTab, click here.

Here is a quick look at the highlighted features of the Intex iTab

• 8-inch capacitive touchscreen
• 1GHz Cortex A8 processor
• 512MB RAM, 8GB internal storage
• Up to 32GB of expandable memory
• front facing VGA camera
• Wi-Fi, GPS, USB port
• 3G USB dongle supported
• 5000mAh battery
• Weight 475 grams