At Rs 6,499, Micromax Canvas Tabby has dual mode for kids and parents

L-R Gayatri Singh, CEO Team Explore,  Shubhjit Sen CMO Micromax Informatics and Rajesh Singh Co-founder and CEO Educren.

In the parent-use mode, the Canvas Tabby can be used as a fully-functional Android Tablet to watch movies, check email, web surfing and everything else one may love. In the kids mode,the Tabby help kids to access content backed by parental control.

Priced at Rs 6,499, the Tabby Kid’s use mode is powered by EddyPaddy, developed by kids-content company Educren, and is a kid-safe zone with over a 100 originally designed, pre-loaded applications and access to over 500 carefully curated videos under 3 areas – Education, Creativity and Entertainment.

Running on the Android KitKat 4.4, the Tabby sports a 1.3Ghz processor; 1GB RAM and 8GB ROM. The tablet offers a 7-inch display, 2MP rear camera, VGA front camera and is powered by a 3,200 mAh battery. The device will be available from June 22 exclusively on Flipkart for three weeks and will subsequently be available for sale in all online and retail channels.