Bangalore: Educational solutions start-up Metis Learning on Wednesday launched an Android 4.2-powered tablet targeting kids aged between 2 and 10 years, and focusing on educator-selected learning content.

Eddy, which the firm claims is India's first Android- powered kids learning tablet, is being offered at an introductory price of 9,999 till February 20, and at present is exclusively available on Amazon.com and the start-up's website, eddytablet.com.

Speaking at the launch, Metis Learning CEO Bharat Gulia said: "India is a huge potential market for tablets and the country saw the sale of about 4.5 million units last year. The kids tablet space has a potential of about 4.5 units."

Eddy is the only tablet to map school curriculum to games and has been designed by a team with over 100 years of combined experience, he added.

On being asked about the number of units it plans to sell, Gulia said: "We expect to sell about 50,000 units in the first year."

Read Also:

10 Must Learn Programming Languages Of 2014

Cloud Computing: A Powerful Tool For Cyber Attacks?