MUMBAI, INDIA: In order to make its foothold more strong in the Indian market iball has recently launched li'l book, a netbook for just Rs. 14,999.

Sharing more information on the launch Sandeep Parasrampuria, Director, iBall said, “Currently netbooks are becoming more popular in the Indian market. It is affordable, lightweight and impressive to the users which makes it more acceptable to the people easily.”

iBall currently deals with 1,500 partners on board for the iBall products and claims to touch base with more partners for the netbooks.

“We believe in moving with channel partners and trying to reach out to them who are specifically interested in the netbook segment. It is basically a channel-based company and the shipments of the products have already begun. We are sure to hit the corporate vertical with Li'l book because they are always on the move and with Li'l book it will be an added factor,” added Parasrampuria.

iBall Li'l Book weighs 1060 gm and has button-less touch pad with dotted texture, specifically designed small power adapter for easy portability. It also features a magnetically lid switch control for system standby/resume, integrated 3-in-1 card reader, 3G module.

iBall Li'l Book offers low power consumption and provides a five hour back-up time with six cell battery and three hours on three cell battery under ideal testing conditions.

Parasrampuria believes that the main attraction for the netbook sales would be the competitive pricing vis-a-vis that of a notebook. And this would shore up the penetration levels of such devices among the first-time users.