Samsung's 8-inch tab Galaxy Note 510 up for pre-order for Rs 30,900

Samsung's Galaxy Note 8.0 launched in India as the Galaxy Note 510 is now available for pre-order on Samsung's estore. The price of the device is Rs 30,900.

Samsung had originally showcased the device at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Samsung is also offering a book-cover worth Rs 2699 free with the pre-booking.

The tablet which has an 8-inch screen with 1280800 pixels resolution which comes to 189 pixels per inch (ppi). It is powered by a 1.6 Ghz A9 quad-core processor. It has a 5-megapixel back camera and a 1.3-megapixel one on the front. The device has 16GB Memory space with 2GB RAM. Users can expand the memory via a MicroSD slot which has 64GB as the maximum limit. The device runs Android 4.1 version of Jelly Bean.

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The Galaxy Note 510 also comes with S-Pen, which can work on touchscreen as well as with the physical navigation buttons. The Air View feature, where gives users little previews by hovering their pen over something without touching the screen, is available on Flipboard on the Note 510.

Other S-Pen optimised features include Popup Note, Popup Video, Shape Match, Formula Match and Idea Sketch

The Note 510 supports Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, and USB 2.0. Also users can make calls with the Galaxy Note 510.