Aakash (tablet) $35 Indian Government Tablet

The Aakash is an Android tablet computer jointly developed by the London-based company DataWind^[1] with the Indian Institute of Technology Rajasthan and manufactured by the India-based company Quad, at a new production centre in Hyderabad^[2] — under a trial run of 100,000 units.^[3] The tablet was officially launched as the Aakash in New Delhi on Oct 5, 2011. A substantially revised second generation model is projected for manufacture beginning in early 2012.^[4]
The seven-inch touch screen tablet features 256 megabytes of RAM, uses an ARM 11 processor^[5] with the Android 2.2 operating system, has two USB port^[3] and delivers HD-quality video.^[5] For applications, the Aakash will have access to Getjar, a proprietary market, rather than the Android Market.^[6]
As a multi-media platform, the Aakash project, beset by delays and setbacks,^[3] has been developed as part of the country's aim to link 25,000 colleges and 400 universities in an e-learning program.^[7] Original projected as a "$35 laptop",^[8] the device will be sold to the Government of India at $50^[9] and will be distributed at a government subsidized price of $35. A commercial version will be marketed as the UbiSlate 7^[10] at a projected price of $60.

Akash Tablet review, features and Specifications

• Operating System: Google Android 2.2
• Processor Power: 366 MHz Connexant
• Processor type: graphics accelerator
• Internal RAM: 256 MB
• Display Screen Size: 7 inches
• Display Resolution: 480 × 800 pixels
• Display Type: Resistive Touch screen
• Wireless Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g + GPRS
• Email/Facebook/Twitter
• Office Document Viewer: DOCX, DOC, PPTX, PPT, XLSX, XLS, ODT, ODP and PDF)
• Video Format Support: FLV, AVI, MP4 and Mpeg
• Audio Format Support: AC3, MP3, AAC, WAV and WMA
• Data Transfer Connectivity: Micro USB v 2.0 Port
• Internal memory: 2 GB
• Expandable memory: Supports up to 32 GB
• Micro SD Card Slot
• 3.5mm Audio Connector Jack
• UbiSurfer-browser
• Battery Backup: up to 3 Hours
• Use any ordinary pen-drive
• Even plug-in a 3G dongle

Akash Tablet Price in India has been announced as Rs. 2,999

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