If you think that the market is saturated with tablets, here is another one. Check out VMK Way-C (“the light of the stars” in a dialect of northern Congo) tablet invented by 26-years old Verone Mankou.
Design in Africa and made in China, this US$299 tablet is sold exclusively in Airtel Congo stores in Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire, a private mobile telephone company which is a subsidiary of the Indian group Bharti.
Here are some specs (translated to English) from their website: –
Dimensions & Weight
- Length: 19 cm;
- Width: 11.7 cm;
- Thickness: 1.25 cm;
- Weight: 380 grams.
System
- Operating System: Android Gingerbread (2.3.3);
- CPU: 1.2 Ghz 8803 TCC;
- RAM: 512 MB;
- Disk Space: 4 GB enough for 40 applications, five more movies or songs or 3.000 400 pounds;
- Memory: 32 GB via MicroSD.
Screen
- Resolution: WVGA (800 x 480);
- Ratio: 16:9;
- Technology: Multitouch Capacitive;
- Color: 16 M.
Power and battery
- 4200mAh battery;
- Up to 4 hours to browse the Internet using Wi-Fi,
for watching videos or listening to music; - Charger: 5V / 2A.
Connectivity
- USB – Micro: Version 2.0;
- Wifi: 802.11b / g;
Interface
- Virtual Keyboard: QWERTY, QWERTY, …;
- Key (Touch): Office, Menu & Back;
- Interface: Power, “Volume +” and “Volume-“;
- Accelerometer: 3 axes.
Media
- Audio: 3GP, MP3, OGG, MID, WAV, …
- Video: 3GP,. MP4,. FLV;
- eBook: PDF & EPUB.
Want to see how it works? Here is a video I found (dated September 2011) on this tablet.