Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Human Resourced Development launched Aakash Tablet and it will be sold to students at the subsidized price of $35 (approx Rs.1720) to expand digital access across India.
Speaking on the launch of Tab, Minister Kapil Sibal announced that the “Aaksh Tablet” will initially be available in a pilot run of 1,00,000 units before being rolled out to millions of secondary students over the next few months. The tablets will be distributed state-wise and each state will get 3000 units in first phase. This device was also distributed among 500 children on the occasion.
Powered by Android 2.2 (Froyo) the 7-inch tablet has a resistive multi touch screen and Conexant CPU with HD Video and accelerated graphics.
According to DataWind, The Premium version of Aakash Tablet inbuilt cellular modem (GSM/3G) and SIM card slot to access Internet, which will be absent in the $35 (Rs.1720) device, supplied to the Government of India will be available at retail stores across India at MRP of Rs. 2999 by the end of October 2011.For more details dial 1800-180-2180 OR visit www.aakashtablet.com
Manufactured by London (UK) based DataWind, branded as UBSLATE and renamed as the Aakash tablet weighs 350 grams and has 256 MB of RAM and 32 GB expandable memory slot and two USB ports. The tablet also has support for Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g connectivity and includes a microphone and stereo earphones. It comes with one year replacement warranty.
A keyboard portfolio case for the Aakash Tablet will also be made available during the premium version launch at an additional cost of Rs 300.
“Aakash” Tab Launch Event Video By Associated Press :
| ” Aakash ” Android Tab Specifications : | |
| Hardware | |
| Processor: | 366 Mhz. Connexant with Graphics accelerator and HD Video processor |
| Memory | 256MB RAM / Storage (Internal): 2GB Flash
External : 2GB to 32GB Supported
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| USB | USB2.0 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: | 2100mAh, AC adapter 200-240 volt range. |
| Software: | |
| OS: | Android 2.2 (Froyo) |
| Supported Document formats: | DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, XLS, XLSX, ODT, ODP,
PDF viewer, Text editor
|
| Image formats | Image viewer supported formats: PNG, JPG, BMP and GIF |
| Supported audio formats | MP3, AAC, AC3, WAV, WMA |
| Supported video formats: | MPEG2, MPEG4, AVI, FLV |
| Web browser - | xHTML 1.1 compliant, JavaScript 1.8 compliant |
| Video App | Separate application for online YouTube video |
