According to Interfax, today Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin was presented with a prototype of the first Russian tablet.
The device was developed by the MEPhI Research Nuclear University and is intended for military structures of the Ministry of Defense. The main feature of the tablet is a protected “RoMOS” (Russian mobile operating system) based on Android. Such an operating system, according to the NRU, has all the functionality of the Andriod platform, but does not contain secret functions for sending users’ personal data. RosMOS is designed to encrypt data, store crypto keys, terrain maps and navigation systems, which means that for security reasons there will be no Google app store in it. “We will have our own store of secure applications,” notes Andrey Starikovsky, CEO of the research and production company at MEPhI.
The tablet is planned to be released by the end of the year in two versions: military (shockproof and moisture-resistant for use in the field) and civilian. The “civilian” tablet will go on sale in the minimum configuration (without 3G) and will cost about 15 thousand rubles. The device will have a 10-inch screen and the ability to connect to a wireless connection, including via a SIM card. The tablets will be assembled at the Russian Central Research Institute of Economics, Computer Science and Control Systems, and most of its components will be foreign-made.
Recall that the first Russian 4G smartphone under the Yota brand, which Sergey Chemezov, CEO of Rostechnologies, demonstrated to President Medvedev almost two years ago, never went on sale (this is at the stated price of 25-30 thousand rubles). Then Eldar Murtazin openly admitted that “the Russian intellectual contribution to the device is almost zero.”