Indian market is one of the most promising arenas for all gadget makers and Milagrow founder Rajeev Karwal,known as the poster boy of consumer durables industry,surely knows the pulse of the fast-growing gizmo industry. While his brand building efforts at LG Electronics,ONIDA,Philips and Electrolux are part of marketing folklore,nowadays he and his team are churning out innovative gadgets at regular intervals. A couple of months ago,his Gurgaon-based venture impressed us when it sent its RedHawk home cleaning robot for a product review and with the TabTop 7.4 tablet,it has managed to go one better. Rajeev,a person credited for turning around the fortunes of mega corporates,knows the harsh market realitythe competition is ferocious for shelf space,so launch an attractive gadget with a good set of features,which many people will want to try. The companys 7-inch tablet has it alla good-looking piece of hardware with responsive software and useful content. It is a slim,stylish and affordable device. The first impression is the feeling you get when you hold it in your hand it is extremely slim at just 6.5 mm maximum thickness. Let us dissect the device to understand it better. Once the tablet is switched on,the screen is noticeably better looking and very crisp to the eye. The fine screen quality is even more striking when viewing high resolution movies. The touch response is phenomenal too. With a screen aspect ratio of 4:3,it also boasts of the largest utilisable area of 23.54 square inches as compared to the regular 15.63 square inches of all other 16:9 7-inch tablets when viewing a 4:3 document or image. For a user,this means a significantly 51% more screen area. The standard of 4:3 is the universal benchmark for office purpose presentations,Excel spreadsheets as well as for cameras including digital single-lens reflex cameras. To further enhance the user experience,it has a fast wake up and boot up time at just 0.5 seconds and 39.5 seconds respectively. Home-grown tablet makers have introduced a slew of slates in recent months,but delivering useful content to users has been a very tricky subject. Quite a few devices have failed to make an impact in the marketplace because of the absence of relevant content. Milagrow has tried to overcome this by bundling its tablet with a plethora of creativity apps. The 16 GB review model comes with over 55 pre-installed apps,neatly arranged in productivity,utility,networking,entertainment and medical folders. There are also specially pre-installed unique applications for sales professionals,for doctorsradiology viewer,hearing test,and virtual plastic surgery and for architectsauto desk. Moreover,in order to allow users to download a plethora of applications of their choice,Indian Android market and complete Google Play are also installed and fully accessible. The tablet runs on Android v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It supports 2160p Super Quad high definition playback. This makes high quality presentations look very impressive. The device also offers 4G/3G and 2G compatibility via external dongles from multiple operators. It supports Wi-Fi,LAN,VPN,and Ethernet and can also support an external hard disk drive of up to 1 TB. Users can even simultaneously plug-in three digital devices through a USB hub. I tried video calling via Skype and it worked flawlessly. Voice calls too can be made through applications like Tribair. Live TV,Live Radio,Movie & Music Studio,eBook readers are also accessible at the tap of a button. Indian consumers are evolving and want to be in total control of the device they use. Milagrow has preloaded its tablet with English,Hindi,Kannada and Tamil keyboards,speech-to-text versatility as well as ready-to-use functionality with 60-plus language keyboards. Another big plus is an offline e-mail client that has been pre-installed for working on e-mails,even without internet access. Of course an online e-mail client with instant push notifications is also installed and so is Office Drop with free cloud storage of 1 GB. The TabTop tablet has a 1.3 megapixel front camera with built-in face detection,instant focus,6x digital zoom,single motion Panorama mode for wide angle pictures,time-lapse for slow motion videography,eight exposure levels for different light levels,30 fps,5 white balance settingsAuto,Cloudy,Incandescent,Daylight,Fluorescent; VGA & QVGA option,Gallery photo editor to crop and rotate pictures and much more. Navigation is another area where the Milagrow slate beats most tablets hands down. It comes pre-installed with Google Maps,Google Latitude,Google Places and Eattr,to search and navigatefor businesses,restaurants,friends or any address. In a nutshell,the Milagrow device is a feature-rich tablet and is built to last. Highly recommended for those who like to flaunt around their latest gadgets. SPECS Dimensions: 131 x 180 x 6.5 mm (H x W x D) Display resolution: LCD with LED backlit,800 x 600 pixels Processor: 1.2 GHz,ARM Cortex-A9 Operating system: Android v4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Touchscreen: Capacitive,5 point touch for fast navigation & working Internal storage: 4 GB/16 GB Memory expansion: Upto 1 TB with external HDD; 32 GB with MicroSD card Camera: 1.3 megapixel front camera Estimated street price: R13,990
