What is the name of the tablet launched by the Indian government?
Aakash
Telecom and HRD minister Kapil Sibal launched the tablet – Aakash – priced at $35 (Rs 1,750) for students pursuing graduation and said that the government aimed to increase production to bring down the cost of the tablet to less than $10 (Rs 500).
What was the name of the cheapest tablet device from India?
An initial order of 1 lakh devices has been placed with device maker Datawind. The computer for the masses is finally here. Almost five years after the idea was first mooted, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) on Wednesday unveiled the world’s cheapest computer tablet, Aakash.
Can I book Aakash tablet online?
DataWind, the Canadian company that is manufacturing Aakash, has started the online booking and pre booking of the much anticipated low cost Android tablet. Online booking is for students’ version of the tablet and pre booking is for UbiSlate 7, the upgraded version of Aakash.
What are the specifications of Aakash tablet?
The commercial version of Aakash tablet will be powered by Android 2.3 and will have a resistive touchscreen, Cortex A8-700 MHz processor and graphics accelerator HD video processor, 256 MB of RAM and 2 GB of internal memory.
How many Aakash tablets the government has procured for distribution?
Interestingly, now it has been revealed that the government has procured only 10,000 Aakash tablets for distribution in schools and colleges of the initial 1 lakh proposed. It looks like the company was in a hurry to start the online booking process and has not done not proper homework before staring it.
When will the Akash Ubislate 7 commercial version be launched?
In case of pre booking users will get a confirmation message which will state, “The commercial version of the Akash UbiSlate 7 would be launched in early weeks of December. After the commercial launch we would get in touch with you to deliver your device as soon possible.”