Friday, 7 October 2011

The $35 Tablet

Yes it is true , on wednesday our Indian Government launched a 35$ tablet which is rs1750 . And not only that it runs on Google Android 2.2 and also is as big as an iPad ! Launched on wednesday it;s name is 'Aakash' or 'sky' is the latest in a series of "world's cheapest" innovations in India that include a 100,000 rupee ($2,040) compact Nano car, a 750 rupee ($15) water purifier and $2,000 open-heart surgery. It's developer Developer Datawind is selling the tablets to the government for about $45 each, and subsidies will reduce that to $35 for students and teachers. In comparison, the cheapest Apple iPad tablet costs $499, while the recently announced Kindle Fire will sell for $199.Datawind says it can make about 100,000 units a month at the moment, not nearly enough to meet India's hope of getting its 220 million children online.

On announcing the tablet Kapil Sibbal says and i quote "This is not just for us. This is for all of you who are disempowered," he said. "This is for all those who live on the fringes of society." !

Here are The Aakash Tablet's Specs :
 
Operating system: Android 2.2
Screen: 7″ resistive
Processor: 366 MHz + HD video co-processor
RAM: 256 MB
Flash memory: 2GB + 2GB Micro-SD (expandable up to 32 GB)
USB ports: 2
Network: WiFi (GPRS & 3G options)

7 comments:

  1. these are things only for poor ones coz tablets like these are sort of low class

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  2. no , it is certainly nothing like dat , i mean eve if it is for the poor it still has specs wich are in higher models

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  3. Okay even if it is like dat , the government is only showing the world how poor our country is

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  4. Okay lets not hav a fight about this bt watever happens it looks promising !

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  5. Yes , dis aint no fightin topic ! :p
    Besides y do v care , c can do no nhting !

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  6. Yeah it is nt in our hands 2 decide nything !

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  7. looks good but it is not bettr dan macbook air/pro

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