The Prince of Swaziland's company, Kingdom Technologies, has developed and uveiled a tablet computer at the landlocked country's international trade fair, according to the Times of Swaziland.

The newspaper reports that Prince Lindani's company is responsible for the design of the device called the Turch Tablet, which was assembled in Hong Kong and put on show at the Swaziland International Trade Fair.

According to the newspaper, the company’s developers started working on the tablet - designed to compete against Apple’s iPad and Samsung’s tablet products - about five years ago.

Tony Shabangu, a director at Kingdom Technologies, said the Turch Tablet has unique applications that are not available on most of the established brands.

"The Turch brings a solution in the ease of transferring data and connecting to the internet," he said.

He added, “The Turch has a USB port and two cameras on the back and front and is not only available to the Swazi but international market as well.”

The paper also reports that the device runs on Microsoft’s Windows or Google Android operating systems and has 12 models which range from the Turch Hamba, Turch Win Tab x2, Turch Mint A780, Turch Coco, Turch Enhle, Turch Comb, Turch Uti, Turch Mickey, Turch Zama P2, Turch Win and Turch Link.

These models are available in five screen sizes being five, seven, eight, nine and 10 inches.

“When it comes to tablets, there is a clear need for devices that can deliver a full multimedia experience with HD video, broad connectivity options and even gaming plus the broadest range of media compatibility with standards like Adobe Flash, all in a compact device," said Shabangu.

Other device features include touch-screen for finger-friendly use, also a slide-out ‘qwerty’ keyboard, built-in digital cameras on the front and rear camera, which is five mega pixels.

An entry level Turch ranges from $183, and can go up to as much as $605 depending on the model type.

The launch of the Turch Tablet comes just months after Congo’s debut of its homegrown C-Way tablet computer, which went on sale earlier this year.