MapMyIndia enters tablet market with CarPad

NEW DELHI: MapMyIndia, one of the leading providers of digital maps and navigation services in the country, announced a 7-inch Android tablet. While CarPad looks like just any other Android tablet running Android 2.2, MapMyIndia has customized it for navigation purposes.

According to the company officials, CarPad comes with With Aura, MapMyIndia's latest navigation interface. It is loaded with comprehensive all-India maps, with over 5 million places, national-level maps for 5,79,000 towns and villages, street-level maps for 1200 cities, house-level maps for 18 cities and 3D landmarks and building footprints for major cities.

"We are excited to launch CarPad, which will revolutionize the way people travel in cars in India because of the simple, ingenious way in which it offers navigation, entertainment, connectivity and productivity to everyone in the car," said Rakesh Verma, managing director, MapMyIndia.

CarPad can also be used as a regular tablet. Though it doesn't come with a preloaded Google Market app, it supports phone functions like calls and messaging and can play videos and music. Android Market app can be downloaded by users separately to access Android apps.

MayMyIndia said that the device will sell for Rs 22,990. Apart from the device, it will also include an 8GB SD card memory and a car kit worth Rs 6,990.