A Tablet for every individual, a revolution in the world of tablets has just recently released in India known as Aakash Tablet (Previously its prototype named as Sakshat Tablet). Aakash (which means sky in Hindi) Tablet is made by the UK-based company DataWind in collaboration with IIT Rajasthan (DataWind is a leading developer of wireless web access products and service providers owned by a Suneet Singh Tuli, a Canadian of Indian descent), but it will be assembled at DataWind India, its new production plant in Hyderabad, India. It will be totally an Indian tablet, there is not at all Chinese relations.
What is a Tablet?
Everyone is talking about the tablets; actually we’re in the world of tablets now, the world of big and heavy computers has gone now. Do you known what exactly a tablet is? I am not talking about medicines; it is related to the world of gadgets. A Tablet is basically a small personal computer(PC), equipped with a rotatable touchscreen as input device, and it runs on Operating Systems like Windows, Mac OS or Android. It has nearly all the key features of a standard PC, the main difference between a tablet and a PC is that you can keep a tablet in your pocket, while you can’t keep a PC.
The Indian government has managed well to keep up its promise to Indians students about pricing the Aakash tablet as less as possible. As we have seen a lot of ups and down in its price because of its manufacturing, design cost, but now its basic version Aakash tablet will be available at $35 for students across India and commercial version Ubislate 7 tablet will be priced at $60 for everyone at retails store.
The $35 Aakash tablet is the most anticipated tablet of the world; it is the world cheapest and most affordable tablet. It is the best example of India’s innovative and creative minds.
The Indian government has managed well to keep up its promise to Indians students about pricing the Aakash tablet as less as possible. As we have seen a lot of ups and down in its price because of its manufacturing, design cost, but now its basic version Aakash tablet will be available at $35 for students across India and commercial version Ubislate 7 tablet will be priced at $60 for everyone at retails store.
The $35 Aakash tablet is the most anticipated tablet of the world; it is the world cheapest and most affordable tablet. It is the best example of India’s innovative and creative minds.
Aakash Tablet Specifications and Features
Aakash Ubislate 7 Android tablet is powered with a 366 MHz Connexant Processor, runs on Android 2.2 Froyo OS. Below are the full list of Aakash Hardware and Software. It weighs only 350 grams and it comes with a 1 year warranty.
Aakash Tablet Hardware
- Display and Screen Resolution- 7-inch Multi-touch Resistive Touchscreen with screen resolution of 800 x 480 pixel
- CPU- 366 MHz, HD video, Connexant Processor, and Graphics Accelerator
- RAM- 256MB
- Wi-Fi enabled (802.11 a/b/g) and GPRS (3G support via Dongle)
- Mini and Full USB
- SIM card slot and miniSD card slot
- 3.5 mm Headset jack
- Storage- 2 GB of onboard memory with expandable up to 32 GB microSD memory card
- Battery- Rechargeable non-removable lithium-polymer battery with Solar charging option.
- Stand By Time- 2 or 3 hours at one stretch.
Aakash Tablet Software
- OS- Android 2.2 operating system
- Web browsing, video conferencing, PDF viewer, Text editor
- Documents formats- DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, XLS, XLSX, ODT, ODP
- Image formats- PNG, JPG, BMP, GIF
- Audio formats- MP3, AAC, AC3, WAV, WMA
- Video formats- MPEG2, MPEG4, AVI, FLV
- Web browser – Standards Compliance: xHTML 1.1 compliant, JavaScript 1.8 compliant
- Separate application for online YouTube video
- Over 1.5 lakh applications
Aakash Tablet Launch
Aakash tablet has been developed as part of the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology which aims to link 25,000 colleges and 400 universities on the subcontinent in an e-learning program.
Basic Version of the Aakash tablet for students will come in partnership with Aircel which would provide SIM cards which can then be used for accessing the internet through the 3G network and it also features telephony to make and receive calls over GSM band.
Basic Version of the Aakash tablet for students will come in partnership with Aircel which would provide SIM cards which can then be used for accessing the internet through the 3G network and it also features telephony to make and receive calls over GSM band.
Aakash Tablet Price and Availability
The Aakash Tablet has been manufactured and designed completely in India. The Indian government is buying 100,000 tablets from DataWind for INR 2,250 (USD$45) per unit and will be available to students across India. The Indian Government hopes to deliver 10 million tablets at a target price of INR 1,750 (USD$35) per unit.
Commercial version of Aakash tablet named as Aakash Ubislate 7 tablet will be available from November for INR 3000 (USD$60) recently announced by Datawind. It will come with added features like an In-built cellular modem and SIM to access internet. You will be able to buy Ubsilate 7 tablet online or in retail stores from November.
Commercial version of Aakash tablet named as Aakash Ubislate 7 tablet will be available from November for INR 3000 (USD$60) recently announced by Datawind. It will come with added features like an In-built cellular modem and SIM to access internet. You will be able to buy Ubsilate 7 tablet online or in retail stores from November.
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