OlivePad
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OlivePad VT100 is a tablet computer
Tablet computer
A tablet computer, or simply tablet, is a complete mobile computer, larger than a mobile phone or personal digital assistant, integrated into a flat touch screen and primarily operated by touching the screen...

 phone designed and developed by Olive Telecom
Olive telecommunications
-Company Background:Olive Telecom is Headquartered in Gurgaon, India and is a privately held leading Convergence Solutions Device Developer with presence in mobile phones, laptops, netbooks, Tablets , mobile computing, wireless broadband and convergence devices.The genesis of Olive Telecom lies in...

 for the India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n market. It was released on October 23, 2010. It has a dimension of 7-inches with a resolution of 800 x 480 on a capacitive touchscreen supporting multi-touch
Multi-touch
In computing, multi-touch refers to a touch sensing surface's ability to recognize the presence of two or more points of contact with the surface...

. The tablet runs the Android operating system
Operating system
An operating system is a set of programs that manage computer hardware resources and provide common services for application software. The operating system is the most important type of system software in a computer system...

 (OS) and offers video calling over its 7.2 Mbit/s High-Speed Uplink Packet Access
High-Speed Uplink Packet Access
High-Speed Uplink Packet Access is a 3G mobile telephony protocol in the HSPA family with up-link speeds up to 5.76 Mbit/s. The name HSUPA was created by Nokia...

 (HSUPA) 3G connectivity, among other features.

Hardware

Powered by an ARM11
ARM11
ARM11 is an ARM architecture 32-bit RISC microprocessor family which introduced the ARMv6 architectural additions. These include SIMD media instructions, multiprocessor support and a new cache architecture...

 600 MHz processor, the OlivePad is based on the Qualcomm
Qualcomm
Qualcomm is an American global telecommunication corporation that designs, manufactures and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services based on its code division multiple access technology and other technologies. Headquartered in San Diego, CA, USA...

 MSM7227 chipset, and features 512 MB RAM, 512 MB inbuilt flash memory, and microSD expandability up to 32 GB, aside from a CMOS 3 megapixel camera and webcam. It will be India's first 3.5G tablet with HSUPA support. OlivePad will have quad-band GSM support and also would be available with tri-band WCDMA support.

At the rear of the tablet, there is a 3 megapixel autofocus camera supporting 4x zoom. The tablet also supports Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi or Wifi, is a mechanism for wirelessly connecting electronic devices. A device enabled with Wi-Fi, such as a personal computer, video game console, smartphone, or digital audio player, can connect to the Internet via a wireless network access point. An access point has a range of about 20...

 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth
Bluetooth
Bluetooth is a proprietary open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks with high levels of security...

, standard USB 2.0 ports, an added compass, G-sensor, ambient light sensor and dual speakers built-in.

The device supports 720p video playback and has a 3.5-mm jack, supporting 3GP
3GP
3GP is a multimedia container format defined by the Third Generation Partnership Project for 3G UMTS multimedia services. It is used on 3G mobile phones but can also be played on some 2G and 4G phones....

, MP4, Audio Video Interleave
Audio Video Interleave
Audio Video Interleave , known by its acronym AVI, is a multimedia container format introduced by Microsoft in November 1992 as part of its Video for Windows technology. AVI files can contain both audio and video data in a file container that allows synchronous audio-with-video playback...

 (AVI) and MP3
MP3
MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...

 formats. Weighing 375 grams (13.2 oz), the 7-inch tablet has dimensions of 179.4 mm (7.1 in) high, 110 mm (4.3 in) wide, 11.5 mm (0.452755905511811 in) deep, and a 3,240 mAh lithium-ion polymer battery that gives 16 hours of standby time, and 7 hours of talk time.

Software

The OlivePad runs the Android 2.2 Froyo OS with Android Market
Android Market
Android Market is an online software store developed by Google for Android OS devices. Its gateway is an application program called "Market", preinstalled on most Android devices, allows users to browse and download mobile apps published by third-party developers...

 support. The OS is not fully standard and is slightly customized. The tablet does not support Flash due to the ARM6 limits.

See also

  • Comparison of Android devices
  • Comparison of tablet PCs
    Comparison of tablet PCs
    Below is a list of presently available and upcoming tablet computers grouped by intended audience and form factor.-Media tablets:Media tablets designed for entertainment are compared in the following tables.-8" screen and larger :...

  • Adam tablet
    Adam tablet
    The Adam Tablet is a tablet computer designed by Bangalore-based firm Notion Ink. The worldwide launch occurred on December 18, 2010 via a video released by Notion Ink detailing their Eden Interface...

  • iPad
    IPad
    The iPad is a line of tablet computers designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc., primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, and web content. The iPad was introduced on January 27, 2010 by Apple's then-CEO Steve Jobs. Its size and...

  • HP Slate 500
  • Sakshat
    Sakshat
    The Aakash is an Android tablet computer jointly developed by the London-based company DataWind with the Indian Institute of Technology Rajasthan and manufactured by the India-based company Quad, at a new production centre in Hyderabad — under a trial run of 100,000 units. The tablet was...

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