HCL Infosystems launched today two new tablets and its first Ice Cream Sandwich tablets in India - HCL ME U1 and HCL MyEdu.



HCL ME U1 Tab

Run on Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, the HCL ME U1 is a 7-inch capacitive touchscreen tablet offering 800x480 pixels resolution. It has 1GHz processor, 512MB DDR3 RAM and 0.3 megapixel front camera.

Key Specifications and Features of HCL ME U1 tablet:

• Screen - 7-inch capacitive touchscreen


• Resolution - 800x480 pixels


• RAM - 512MB DDR3


• Camera - 0.3 megapixel front camera


• Internal storage - 4GB


• Expandable storage - 32GB


• Port - USB and mini USB


• Card slot - MicroSD

Price of HCL ME U1 tablet:

HCL ME U1 is priced just Rs 7,999

HCL MyEdu Tab

The HCL MyEdu tablet is designed for the student sector across schools and higher education institutions. It comes in two variants - MyEduTab-K12 and MyEduTab-HE for Higher Education.

With the purchase of MyEdu Tab you get for free content, memory card, educational apps and NCERT books.

Key Specifications and Features of HCL MyEduTab:

• Screen - 7-inch capacitive touchscreen


• Resolution - 800x480 pixels


• RAM - 512MB DDR3


• Camera - 0.3 megapixel front camera


• Internal storage - 4GB


• Expandable storage - 32GB


• Port - USB and mini USB


• Card slot - MicroSD

Price of HCL MyEdu:

The HCL MyEdu-K12 Tablet is priced Rs 11,499 where as the MyEdu-HE Tab is priced just Rs 9,999.

Both the tablets are expected to hit the stores next month.

At Rs 8,000 it seems the tablet is worth buying for low budget users. Moreover, it is 3G compatible, which is economical than Wi-Fi in India. Well, the education purpose tablets are a bit costlier compared to claims made by Indian HRD Minister Kapil Sibal to bring Aakash II students tablet for around Rs 2,000.