Encipher Group launches New Inye Tablet PC Nigeria's First

A Nigerian company introduces Africa's answer to the iPad, the Inye. CNN's Nikepile Mabuse reports.

Nigerian tablet computer pioneer Saheed Adepoju

Saheed Adepoju, 28, is co-founder and chief visionary of the Encipher Group, a Nigerian-based technology company that has produced the country’s first tablet computer, ‘Inye’. The word Inye is derived from Nigeria’s Igala language and means ‘Number 1’. Earlier today the Bournemouth University Advanced Computing graduate briefly let me in on his start-up story and spoke about his ambitions for his company.

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Encipher Inye The Encipher Inye is a tablet PC developed by The Encipher Group. It was announced on 8 May 2010 and released in Nigeria that same year. It is powered by an Telechips Tcc8902 ARM 11 800Mhz processor and runs on Android version 2.1 aka Eclair.

Specifications

Power: 2600 mAh battery

Storage capacity: 16Gb

Memory: 512MB .

Input: Resistive touchscreen.

I/O PORTS: Mic- in, DC-in, 35mm stereo headphone jack, HDMI 1.3, Output 1080P 1xUSB Host 1.1, Highspeed USB OTG 2.0.

Camera: 1.3MP

AUDIO: MP3,WMA,MP2,OGG,AAC,M4A,MA4,FLAC,APE,3GP,WAV

Video playback: Capable of HD playback (1080P)

Connectivity: Wifi 802.11 (a/b/g). 3G.

Online services: Android Market.

Name

The name "Inye" means 'The One' in Igala, a language in Nigeria.