Lenovo CG Slate is an educational tablet for kids priced at Rs 7,499

Lenovo has partnered with ConveGenius to launch a special tablet for grade K-5 students with NCERT curriculum in India. The device is essentially the Lenovo Tab 2 A7-20 customised with features and apps offering interactive learning to kids.The company likes to call it an edutainment solution which was earlier accessible exclusively to ConveGenius’ B2B clients, which include state governments, large NGOs and learning centres in India, Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia.The main features of CG Slate’s edutainment solution include:

• Learn Zone to learn about various subjects of his or her liking through video stories, digital books, worksheets and games based on the NCERT syllabus
• Play Zone with exciting cartoons, movies and games which TITU, CG Slate’s mascot, will take you through. Also earn coins as the child learns more; these coins can be redeemed in the Shop Zone for great cashback offers.
• Parents, through a password, can enjoy all the features of a standard Lenovo tablet, which makes CG Slate a premium affordable tablet for the entire family.

Bhaskar Choudhuri, Director – Marketing, Lenovo India said, “Tablet technology has been a game-changer for education since it allows young learners to leverage a touch-screen interface to access a wide variety of digital resources. Lenovo has always aimed at providing the best devices and technology for education and entertainment and our association with ConveGenius reinforces this commitment in the form of CG Slate. The Lenovo powered education tablet is an ideal device that provides an enriched and comprehensive learning experience for young children.”The specifications include a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) IPS display, 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek MT8127 processor with Mali-450 GPU, 1GB of RAM with two storage variants of 8GB and 16GB. The storage can be expanded further using a microSD card of up to 32GB. Other features include a 2MP rear camera, a VGA front-facing camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, micro USB, Front Speaker, Dolby Audio, 3.5mm audio jack, a 3,450mAh battery and Android 5.0 Lollipop.The Lenovo CG Slate is available exclusively from Flipkart at a promotional price of Rs 7,499 for the first 1000 units and Rs 8,499 after that.