Oct 6, 2011

India launches world’s cheapest android tablet ‘Aakash’








india's ultra low cost android tablet the ""Aakash"",has become reality...it is world's cheapest tablet,comes at very affordable price of rs 2999 in open market..while government is planning to give subsidized to secondary student that will cost them around rs 1750(according to internet source)/1200(according to news paper).The device runs on Android 2.2( Froyo) using 366Mhz processor and sports 7”resistive touchsreen. It comes loaded with 256 MB RAM and 32 GB expandable memory slot. The device is capable of offering Wi-fi connectivity. Government will purchase 1 lakh tablets from DataWind for Rs 2250 . Datawind plans to offer the tablet in the open market from November’ 2011.




Hardware:

Aakash Tablet Specifications

  • 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
cons
1 resistive touch screen..now are days most of device comes up with very smooth capacitive touch screen but...at this price resistive touch screen is ok
2 366mhz processor ... :(
3 internal camera
4 GPS
5 according to company it's os can be upgraded to 2.3(gingerbread).. but as i said this processor really sucks.at froyo then think what would happen at gingerbread.. :/


.lets see when this tablet is actually available to common people...


by:--hemal modi

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