Xumanii announced that it has made a limited number of its Imerjn tablet computers available for evaluation purposes ahead of a public release of the tablets in approximately four weeks. The company will offer 10 inch and 7 inch tablet computers that will run on the Google Android operating system. The 10 and 7 inch tablets, named Imerjn 10 and Imerjn 7, will include a combination of features and pricing that will enable Imerjn to effectively compete with the major tablet brands including the Google Nexus and Apple iPad Air.

The features include a 1.5 GHz quad core processor. This is the same as the Google Nexus (1.5 GHz) and a little higher than the iPad Air (1.4 GHz). The Imerjn tablets have a USB port, extendable memory and Bluetooth.

The iPad Air does not offer any of these features. The Imerjn tablets will have a 10 hour battery life and includes HD video recording. According to research from IDC, shipments of tablets will exceed all PCs in the fourth quarter of 2013 and, by 2015, annual shipments of tablets are projected to be higher than those of all PCs.

IDC projects that 227 million tablets will be shipped in 2013, compared to 134 million desktop PCs and 180 million laptops. By all measures, tablet sales are exploding. The projected total growth rate for tablets over the next four years is expected to be 79%.

This is even higher than the projected growth rate for smart phones which is expected to be 71% over the same period of time.