Aakash - India's ultra low-cost tablet

'Aakash', the low cost tablet intended for students was launched today by Shri Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Human Resource Development in Delhi. Aakash is infact Datawind's UbiSlate 7 tablet. It has a 7 inch resistive touchscreen and runs Android Froyo. Procurement of one unit from the manufacturer costs Indian government Rs.2276. But 50% of the cost will be subsidized before distributing it to the students. There has been unconfirmed reports of GPRS connectivity also being included in the tablet, but it is absent in the official feature list.

•         Hardware:

–        Processor: 366 Mhz 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 800x480 pixel resolution

–        Input Devices: Resistive touch screen

–        Connectivity and Networking: 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 

    Other: Additional Web Browser: UbiSurfer-Browser with compression/acceleration and IE8 rendering. 

  There will also be an option for buying a carry pouch with built in keyboard which costs about Rs.300. 

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