Thursday, December 27, 2012

Elikia and Way C - The first African smartphone and tablet

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Apple, Samsung, HTC, Sony and the other giant manufacturers will get some interesting competition from Africa. The company VMK from Kongo produces the tablet Way-C (which means light of the stars), and the smartphone caled Elikia (which means hope).

The owner of VMK is Verone Mankou and his goal is VMK to become in Africa, what Apple is in USA or Samsung is in Asia.

He also wants the majority of people on the African continent to use this African smartphone and tablets. The tablet has the same size as Samsung Galaxy Tab and costs $300. Smartphone has Android and it is sold at the price of $170. Here are the detailed specifications of Way-C and Elikia.


 Way-C

Dimensions: 19cm x 11,7 cm x 1,25 cm, weight: 380 gr.
OS: Android Gingerbread (2.3.3).
CPU : 1,2Ghz.
RAM : 512 Mb.
HDD : 4 GB.
Screen: WVGA (800 x 480), 16:9; 16 M.
Battery: 4200mAh
USB
Wi-fi : 802.11b/g

Elikia

Dimensions: 11cm x 6 cm x 1,25 cm, weight: 150 grams.
OS: Android Gingerbread (2.3.6).
CPU: 650 Mhz
RAM : 512 Mb
HDD/Flash: 126 Mb
Memory Card: 32 Gb via MicroSDHC.
Screen:QVGA (320 x 480); 16:9; 256k
Battery: 1300mAh.
2G/3G (GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, WCDMA, HDSPA)
BluetoothA-GPS,
Wifi : 802.11b/g/n,
USB – Micro