"We are preparing to start sales at the Russian market (in September). We signed the first distribution agreement with Tekhnotreid firm last week and we are looking for other distributors," a Hyundai official told the gazeta.ru online newspaper.
Hyundai will provide two seven-inch tablet models, one model with 9.7 inch screen and one with 10.1 inch screen working on the Android Ice Cream Sandwich mobile operating system.
Each model will have 1 GB RAM and 8 GB onboard memory, and will support Wi-Fi and Bluetooth functions, said Dmitry Ryabinin, chief analyst of the Hi-Tech@Mail.Ru website.
The South Korean company is looking to produce the first batches of tablet computers in China by October 2012 and then re-deploy its facilities to Russia.
If sales reach 200,000 tablets in the first year, Hyundai may build a plant in Russia, a source said.
Ryabinin also said that it would, however, be difficult for Hyundai to take a significant share of the tablet market due to strong competition from other producers.
The tablets could cost from 7,000 rubles ($213) to 12,000 rubles ($365).
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