2.0WebTutorialsIndia launches Aakash, a cheap tablet for only $35
India has launched the world’s cheapest touch-screen tablet computer, priced at only $35 (£23 or €27). The tablet which was named Sakshat, has been renamed to Aakash (which means sky in Hindi). The government has managed to keep up its promise of pricing the tablet as less as possible. The device was launched on 5 October 2011 in India. The maker of the device is DataWind, based in Montreal, Canada, DataWind is a leading developer of wireless web access products and services owned by a Suneet Singh Tuli, a Canadian of Indian descent.
At a fraction of the cost of an iPad, Aakash is a cheap tablet that supports web browsing and video conferencing, with a 366MHz processor, 256MB memory, a 2GB SD memory card, a 32GB expandable memory slot, two USB ports, and a three hour battery life. “Our goal was to break the price barrier for computing and internet access. We’ve created a product that will finally bring affordable computing and internet access to the masses,” said Suneet Singh Tuli, chief executive, DataWind.
Aakash Tablet runs on the Android OS and is the new buzz in the technology world. Using the browser in Aakash Tablet, you will be able to use social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace. Aakash Tablet would be the most cheapest Tablet comes to all Tablet lovers, probably the cheapest tablet in the world with all the technical specifications as you find in a normal tablet.
Akash Tablet Specifications:
Hardware:
- Processor: Connexant with Graphics accelerator and HD Video processor
- Memory (RAM): 256MB RAM / Storage (Internal): 2GB Flash
- Storage (External): 2GB to 32GB Supported
- Peripherals (USB2.0 ports, number): 1 Standard USB port
- Audio out: 3.5mm jack / Audio in: 3.5mm jack
- Display and Resolution: 7” display with 800×480 pixel resolution
- Input Devices: Resistive touch screen
- Connectivity and Networking: GPRS and WiFi IEEE 802.11 a/b/g
- Power and Battery: Up to 180 minutes on battery. AC adapter 200-240 volt range.
Software:
- OS: Android 2.2
- Document Rendering
- Supported Document formats: DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, XLS, XLSX, ODT, ODP
- PDF viewer, Text editor
- Multimedia and Image Display
- Image viewer supported formats: PNG, JPG, BMP and GIF
- Supported audio formats: MP3, AAC, AC3, WAV, WMA
- Supported video formats: MPEG2, MPEG4, AVI, FLV
- Communication and Internet
- Web browser – Standards Compliance: XHTML 1.1 compliant, JavaScript 1.8 compliant
- Separate application for online YouTube video
- Safety and other standards compliance
- CE certification / RoHS certification
You can actually book the Aakash tablet online. Here is the website from you can book Aakash online: http://www.aakashdatawind.com/
You can also get more updates about Aakash Tablet from their FB fan page.
See how Aakash is made by viewing this video,
Critics say:
I is too early to say how the Aakash will be received as most cheap tablets in the past have turned out to be painfully slow.
“The thing with cheap tablets is most of them turn out to be unusable,” Rajat Agrawal of technology reviewers BGR India told Reuters news agency.
“They don’t have a very good touch screen, and they are usually very slow.”
At a fraction of the cost of an iPad, the Aakash supports web browsing and video conferencing, with a 366MHz processor, 256MB memory, a 2GB SD memory card, a 32GB expandable memory slot, two USB ports, and a three hour battery life.
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