Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Debonair Devices to Launch Bamboo D700 Tablets

DEBONAIR Devices Limited, a mobile phone solution provider company registered in the British Virgin Island, has concluded plans to launch its Bamboo D700 tablet into the Nigerian market. It is the first tablet computer built specifically for emerging markets.
The Chief Executive Officer of the company Mr Adebola Omololu, said Bamboo D700 is the product of a long-term research developed specifically to help provide solutions to some unique problems being faced by emerging markets.
Consumers in emerging markets, he stated, need real-time, on-demand access to content, the internet, computing and communication tools, and practical solutions to problems.
He said many of the tablets currently selling in Nigeria and other emerging markets are developed and targeted at western markets and lean towards the needs of western and established markets with prices ranging from $400 to over $5,000.
These tablets, he added, have little or nothing to offer the developing economies in terms of helping them to find solutions to the myriads of problems plaguing them saying that this propelled Debonair Devices Limited to conduct a research which led to the development of Bamboo D700.
“At Debonair, we recognized that tablets are developed to solve problems and started asking ourselves: how can we develop a tablet focused on the needs of emerging markets (such as Nigeria), with features that can match (or exceed) any luxury brand and at prices that appeal to the earning capacity of individuals in emerging markets?” Omololu said.
He stressed that: “Today, we’re pleased to announce the launch of the Bamboo D700 tablet computer. The first tablet computer built specifically for emerging markets.
Some of the unique problems in the emerging markets that the Bamboo D700 is out to tackle include: Growth of small & medium scale business, Youth unemployment, Female empowerment, Government: Security, Education, Agriculture and Local contents.
“In many emerging markets, there are challenges of steady electricity supply from the national grid. Based on this, we have developed the Bamboo tablet to run on the optimal combination of the right Computer Processing Unit (CPU) speed, memory size and battery type to provide the longest lasting tablet computer device on a single charge”, Omololu added.
He also pointed out that emerging markets have a large number of users who would adopt tablet computers as their first computer hardware device for both voice and data usages which may lead to confusion on data and voice plans.
To resolve this adoption challenge, the Bamboo D700 in his words, comes with dual-SIM slots so that users can use one SIM card for data plans and the second SIM-slot for voice calls at the same time.
On solution for high unemployment rate, the Bamboo D700 In partnership with Jobberman comes preloaded with career features that provide information on available jobs within a specific country and matches these jobs with potential candidates.
Omololu said that research carried out by Debonair Devices limited shows that the drivers of job creation are new businesses that typically hire 2 to 10 people at inception and as their businesses grow, they exponentially increase the number of new hires and by extension reduce unemployment.
“On the flip side for hirers” he stated, “the application allows SMEs to tap from a pool of resources of the best possible team that will take their businesses to the next level. In addition to this application, Debonair estimates that the launch of the Bamboo tablet computer today will lead to the direct and indirect engagement of 2,420 individuals over the next 12 months in Nigeria alone”. 

The Bamboo D700 is available at all Airtel shops nationwide comes with a free Airtel SIM card, 100MB of data, 20 Free SMS, & 20 minutes voice calls every month for 6 months.

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