The world's cheapest tablet,
Aakash, costing about Rs 3,000, has
received about 3 lakh pre-launch bookings for its commercial version
that goes on sale later next month.
A subsidised model of this
tablet, made by UK-based Datawind, is already being distributed free in
schools and colleges. Aakash's retail bookings exceed India's estimated
250,000 tablet PC market, dominated by Apple, Samsung and Reliance.
Aakash’s commercial version is powered by
Android 2.3 and has a
resistive touchscreen, a 7 inch display with
800 x 480 pixel resolution,
256 MB RAM, 2 GB internal memory, 3.5 mm audio jack, and a
graphics
accelerator HD video processor.
According to sources, the Indian government is also planning to provide a
new specification for Aakash, which will have a better battery life and
a faster processor. The battery life of current version is about 1.5
hours.
At the launch of Aakash, The Telecom and Education Minister, Kabil
Sibbal, said, “The rich have access to the digital world, the poor and
ordinary have been excluded. Aakash will end that digital divide.”
Definitely there is no other touch pad computing device or tablet
available close to the price of Aakash or UbiSlate 7. It is an
up-to-date and low cost computing device which comes with a lot of
attractive features and functionalities. Though the basic aim of this
tablet is to provide low cost tablet for students, anyone can buy it
from Aakash official website.