Spice reveals Slatepad 7-inch tablet with 3G voice calling for Rs. 9,999

Spice has revealed a new 7-inch tablet that will also feature voice calling functionality, the Slatepad, on its website. This is company's first tablet that features voice calling.

The tablet, which runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, is powered by a 1GHz processor and has 512MB of RAM. Its 7-inch multi-touch display has a resolution of 1024x600 pixels. It offers 3G data and voice calling, in addition to featuring Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi and GPS connectivity options. The tablet sports a 3.2-megapixel rear camera and a 1.3-megapixel front shooter. The rear camera feature auto-focus and night vision.

It comes with 4GB of internal storage that's expandable up to 32Gb via microSD card. The tablet has a 3000mAh battery. The tablet has been priced at Rs. 9,999 and is expected t go on sale, shortly.

Although Spice had launched its first tablet, the MiTab as early as September 2011, it wasn't really able to get a foothold in the highly crowded Android tablets market, dominated by players like Micromax, Zync and Karbonn, amongst others. The company sort of made a comeback with its 10-inch tablet,the Spice Stellar Pad (Mi-1010) (Review) which we found to be impressive. It was launched in January, and is powered by a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor with 1GB of RAM. It was one of the first Android 4.1 Jelly Bean tablets from an Indian device maker. The Spice Stellar Pad also included a 3-megapixel rear camera and a VGA front shooter. The tablet came with a large capacity 7600mAh battery.

Spice Slatepad Technical specifications

• 7-inch capacitive multi-touch display with a resolution of 1024x600 pixels


• 1GHz processor


• 512 MB RAM


• 3.2-megapixel rear camera


• 1.3-megapixel front facing camera


• 4GB internal storage expandable up to 32GB via microSD card


• 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0


• Android 4.1 Jelly Bean


• 3000 mAh battery