Finally Got My T-Pad IS701R (Without BSNL)

Fortunately I have the below email from Pantel Technologies, thus I could remember the date - its on 29th February 2012 I have actually ordered for this product. 

Then it took over a month's time for them to get back to me, I have received the below email on 4th April 2012 - confirming my order booking and the product delivery availability. This email also has a payment process (unlike online payment using debit card or online banking it is a traditional method). 

T-Pad IS701R With BSNL

I should be able to touch the most awaited tablet (by me) today - I have paid the challan on 7th of April 2012 and today it is already 25th April 2012 - such a long wait for a product booked online is annoying, but as I mentioned above I am expecting this T-Pad delivered to me today or by tomorrow (as per the email sent to me by Pental Technologies). 

Lets have a look at this product (along with its features and specifications) prior to the discussion we are having about its performance through my personal experience (review after my practical usage). 

The Penta TPAD IS701R is a powerful tablet solution at an unbelievably affordable price you may never have dreamt of! Its comes with Android OS and high resolution 7” resistive touch screen powered by 1GHz processor and inbuilt DDR II 256M RAM It is best price-performance tablet in their price range. You have all the controls in a single finger touch mode. Browse web on wireless or enjoy media playback on Penta TPAD IS701R. Its support 32GB memory on external memory card slot. 

BSNL Penta IS701R Tablet puts check to Aakash & Ubislate

Last year, DataWind in association with the Government of India came out with a 7 inch Android tablet for students. Named Aakash, the tablet costs Rs 2,999 in the market; while it’s subsidized rate is just Rs 2,250.

Aakash, which was hailed as the cheapest tablet in the world, was projected as revolutionary and was talked about the world over. In fact, its makers got lakhs of preorders.

Before the euphoria could die down, though, public sector telecom operator BSNL has come out with an extremely low cost tablet of its own. Manufactured by Noida based Pantel Technologies, the Penta IS701R tablet has WiFi and is priced at Rs 3,499.

Now we have two tablets in the same category - at around Rs 3,000. Here we try to compare the Aakash and BSNL tablets in terms of availability, price, specifications and value additions.