Which Tablet Is Better For Students: Micromax FunBook Or HCL MyEduTab?

With the inclusion of more and more technology in education, tablet computers are surely going to play an active role in classrooms of all kinds. Keeping this fact in mind, tablet makers are fighting a tough battle to bring in cheap and best tablets to attract students in India.

Rahul Sharma, co-founder, Micromax, said, "Tablets will soon be an essential part of the Indian education system. But there will be many challenges for the device makers for sure. Offering complete devices with content at an affordable price will be the biggest challenge."

Recently, Micromax and HCL launched their FunBook and MyEduTab respectively. Both of them are offering almost similar technological features on Android 4.0 aka Ice Cream Sandwich. But let us mark them on their educational content. 
HCL has come up with two versions of MyEduTab- K 12 and Higher Education(HE). The K 12 version caters to students from KG to 12th standard, following the NCERT pattern of syllabus. The Higher Education (HE) version offers rich multimedia content on technical and professional skills, assessments and apps, which will enable students to enhance their all round personality and employability. It also allows access of content on the cloud, apart from offering offline content. The K 12 version is priced at Rs 11,499, which includes Rs 3,500 for the content and the Higher Education (HE) version is offered at Rs 9,999 including Rs 2,000 for content and cloud access.

Micromax will be offering content in its FunBook via its educational content marketplace called Vriti, which includes 500 different course materials from about 30 content publishers. The course materials are priced at a minimum of Rs 50. The FunBook offers study materials for all school boards including ICSE, ISC and state boards. Students can also buy materials for higher education (for university) from Vriti. The company has joined hands with Pearson and Everonn for content. “Micromax is offering the flexibility to the user to choose their content. Whatever material the students feel is useful can be bought. Nothing unimportant is forced on them. It is more like whatever book you want to study from, just buy it," said Susha John, director and chief executive officer, Everonn Education Ltd