Spice Telecom, familiar as Spice mobile’s one of the leading mobile handset manufacturer has launched a new tablet in it’s Stellar Series as,”Spice Stellar Pad MI-1010″ in the Indian market. Spice Communications Limited is now a subsidiary of Mumbai based Idea Cellular Ltd (an Aditya Birla group company)Idea Cellular owns more than 80% equity in Spice Communications.

Spice Stellar Pad Mi-1010 features with 10.1-inch HD IPS display. This device will run on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating System powered with a Dual-Core Processor clocked at 1.5 GHz, Quad Core GPU, 1GB DDR3 RAM. Specifying it's Storage, this device comes with 16GB internal memory which can be easily extended up to 32GB through microSD card slot.

Mr. Dilip Modi, Co-Founder & Group COO, Spice Group said: “The launch reflects our belief in constant innovation and customer delight. Having created the fast evolving segment of Dual-SIM phones in the country, we are glad to offer these technologically advanced and stylish smartphones to our customers, thereby expanding our 3G devices portfolio. We believe the potential demand of fully-loaded 3G smartphones at an aggressive price point will now fuel the aspirations of the evolved customers. Since demand of data services ‘on-the-go’ is rising faster than ever, we see an opportunity to stamp our dominance in this segment.”

Christening towards it's Photography, this device comes with a 2 MEGAPIXEL rear camera and a VGA front camera on-board. Spice Stellar Pad Mi-1010 comes with a 7600 mAh Lithium ion polymer battery, which the company claims will play video for 6 hours and has a standby of 15 days.

Mr.T M Ramakrishnan, CEO – Devices, S Mobility said, “We have priced our handsets affordably to ensure rapid uptake by both - 2G users wishing to upgrade to 3G, and existing 3G users – especially in the metros which are traditional strongholds of Spice. The aim is to dominate the key markets across the country with higher penetration in the semi-urban areas. We are offering the best technology at a price point which will be a delight to the customer. We have launched these Smartphones to concede to the demand of the utilization of the next generation 3G services. Our focus on consumer experience has been compulsive and keeping in line with the same, we have brought in the dual core processor with Quadcore Graphics in the tablet segment and the smart & sleekly designed Virtuoso smartphone.”

In terms of Connectivity, it will supports WiFi and not much information has been disclosed yet. The tablet has been priced at INR 12,999 and will be available in the coming days at all major retailers.