Sony which is a electronic device maker is going to release the 3G tablets next
month. Electronic consumer device maker Sony today launched its first tablet PC
in India and unveiled 3G tablets which will be launched in the mid of next
month. "Today we are launching tablets that support WiFi connectivity. In
mid-January we will launch tablets that will have both 3G connectivity and WiFi.
We expect 3G-enabled tablets to contribute 80 per cent to our total tablet sales
in this financial year," Sony Managing Directo Masaru Tamawaga told reporters
here. Sony launched WiFi-enabled tablets, S and P models, based on Google's
Android platform at a price starting from Rs 29,990.
Sony tablet P
which will be available in 3G version will be first tablet to have dual screen
and which can be folded. The dual screen can be used as single and also for two
separate functions. This tablet will be launched at price of Rs 36,990.
The company has plans to invest
Rs 10 crore in promotion of these tablets in last quarter of this financial
year. "These tablets are compatible with DLNA which will allow user to connect
their tablet with other DLNA supporting devices," Sony Corporation's Deputy
President for VAIO and Mobile Business Group Hideyuki Furumi said and both
the tablets will be available across 500 stores in India from mid-January,.