Hi, this is my first review. I purchased a mercury mTab recently and thought about reviewing it. I am no expert at this. Here is my attempt.
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• Android version 2.3 (Gingerbread)
• Three Core processor ( CPU+ GPU+VPU)
• ARM11@1.2GHZ
• GPU：OPEN GL, 3D accelerator
• VPU：1080P hard decoding
• 7-inch WVGA TFT LCD
• 1600K color capacitive multi touch-control
• In built 4GB Memory with MSD Support upto 32GB Provides plenty space for movies, music, ebooks, documents, etc
• Front 1.3MP Camera for ease of clicks , video conferencing & also short movies
• Inbuilt WIFI connectivity(802.11 a/b/g) For an extremely convenient browsing device anywhere near a hotspot
• G-sensor
• support screen rotation, 3D G-games
• Supports 3G module internet surfing:
• External 3G, USB 3G dongle EVO/WCDMA
I hope you guys remember Mercury, one of the veteran mother board(and other hardware) manufacturers. I remember using their video card in 2003. I wasn't that convinced about mercury motherboards back then. I have seen few of them in my friends' PCs and they were.. i don't know.. they were neutral i guess. i wasn't educated that much about mobos. so thats all i can say.
I was thinking about buying a tablet for few months. I knew that tablets are not worth our hard earned money. Just wanted to own a tab, so that i could check personal mails, watch movies etc. and may be,
if at all possible, some android development too..(sounds lame? yeah thats right..) At first, I thought about buying a Chinese tablet with resistive screen @ 3500-4000 INR. But after reading few reviews, I decided not to feed my money to a Chinese seller for nothing.
I was looking for something around 8K or less, but as you already know, its hard to find a tab under this budget. I've checked iball, Zync, HCL, Olive Ziio etc.. some of them were running android 2.2, some of them had issues, some of them were out of budget, some of them had low battery issues etc. etc.. I saw few others too, but all those devices were using low power batteries and warranty was just for 6 months, and where can i find a service center? in north Korea? No those tabs werent an option at all.
I was looking for a device with 6000 mah battery (for 5-6 hrs of playback). After some time, i saw 2 listings in ebay, checked specs, and i realized that, this is the best one available in the market under my budget and requirements. This device has got only 4000 mah battery, but I'm happy with this. battery is lasting for 3-4 days, if i don't use it. and i'm getting 3-4 hrs of continuous playback.
Screen is good. Nice response, muti-touch is working fine. Wi-Fi is good. Easy to read and reply mails. Its playing 1080p videos without any issues, but the decoder is not that great. Weight is around 400 gram. yes, it feels heavy. Checked usb and SD card support. Both are working good. Overall, this is a good tablet for the price.
All these tabs(whether its a nexus 2 or HTC Magic) are a waste of money, as you may already know. So, why should we spend more than 10K for a tablet
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[font=trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif]Features[/font]
• Android version 2.3 (Gingerbread)
• Three Core processor ( CPU+ GPU+VPU)
• ARM11@1.2GHZ
• GPU：OPEN GL, 3D accelerator
• VPU：1080P hard decoding
• 7-inch WVGA TFT LCD
• 1600K color capacitive multi touch-control
• In built 4GB Memory with MSD Support upto 32GB Provides plenty space for movies, music, ebooks, documents, etc
• Front 1.3MP Camera for ease of clicks , video conferencing & also short movies
• Inbuilt WIFI connectivity(802.11 a/b/g) For an extremely convenient browsing device anywhere near a hotspot
• G-sensor
• support screen rotation, 3D G-games
• Supports 3G module internet surfing:
• External 3G, USB 3G dongle EVO/WCDMA
I hope you guys remember Mercury, one of the veteran mother board(and other hardware) manufacturers. I remember using their video card in 2003. I wasn't that convinced about mercury motherboards back then. I have seen few of them in my friends' PCs and they were.. i don't know.. they were neutral i guess. i wasn't educated that much about mobos. so thats all i can say.
I was thinking about buying a tablet for few months. I knew that tablets are not worth our hard earned money. Just wanted to own a tab, so that i could check personal mails, watch movies etc. and may be,
if at all possible, some android development too..(sounds lame? yeah thats right..) At first, I thought about buying a Chinese tablet with resistive screen @ 3500-4000 INR. But after reading few reviews, I decided not to feed my money to a Chinese seller for nothing.
I was looking for something around 8K or less, but as you already know, its hard to find a tab under this budget. I've checked iball, Zync, HCL, Olive Ziio etc.. some of them were running android 2.2, some of them had issues, some of them were out of budget, some of them had low battery issues etc. etc.. I saw few others too, but all those devices were using low power batteries and warranty was just for 6 months, and where can i find a service center? in north Korea? No those tabs werent an option at all.
I was looking for a device with 6000 mah battery (for 5-6 hrs of playback). After some time, i saw 2 listings in ebay, checked specs, and i realized that, this is the best one available in the market under my budget and requirements. This device has got only 4000 mah battery, but I'm happy with this. battery is lasting for 3-4 days, if i don't use it. and i'm getting 3-4 hrs of continuous playback.
Screen is good. Nice response, muti-touch is working fine. Wi-Fi is good. Easy to read and reply mails. Its playing 1080p videos without any issues, but the decoder is not that great. Weight is around 400 gram. yes, it feels heavy. Checked usb and SD card support. Both are working good. Overall, this is a good tablet for the price.
All these tabs(whether its a nexus 2 or HTC Magic) are a waste of money, as you may already know. So, why should we spend more than 10K for a tablet
?!| LCD Display | 7" TFT (800*480 pixels) 16:9 |
| CPU | Cortex A8, up to 1.2Ghz,Three-core（CPU+GPU+VPU） |
| Operating System | Google Android System 2.3 Gingerbread |
| Memory | 512MB |
| Storage | 4GB (support upto 16GB optional) |
| Card Reader | Support Micro SD Card (upto 32GB ) |
| G-Sensor | 3-Dimensional gravity sensing |
| Touch panel | Capacitive screen |
| Wireless WiFi | Supports IEEE 802.11b/g |
| Buit-in 3G (optional) | WCDMA（EM770), CDMA-EVDO（EM660）, TD-SCDMA(MU560), standard 3G Internet access |
| I/O Port | USB2.0 OTG*1,TF card slot*1,3.5mm stereo headset*1,DC JACK*1,720P/1080i HDMI HD output*1 |
| Audio formats | MP3,WMA,MP2,OGG,AAC,M4A,MA4,FLAC,APE,3GP,WAV |
| Video formats(1080P) | AVI（H.264, DIVX, DIVX, XVID, rm, rmvb, WMV, MOV, MP4（H.264, MPEG, DIVX, XVID), DAT（VCD), VOB（DVD), MPEG, MPG, FLV（H.263，H.264), ASF, TS, TP,3GP, MPG etc |
| Photo formats | JPG, JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG |
| Video HD Output | HDMI 720P/1080i |
| Camera | Built-in 1.3Mega pixel camera |
| Accessory | Charger*1, USB cable *1, Manual*1,OTG cable*1 |
| Battery | 4000Mah (Adapter:5V 2A) |
| Last time | Video play around 4hours |
| Unit Size | 19.3cm×11.7cm×1.4cm |
| Product Weight | About 0.40kg |
| Unit Weight | About 0.84kg |
| Price | INR 9990.00 - 10999.00 |
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