DataWind has announced that it has completed 1 lakh Aakash and is
all set to be delivered to IIT-Bombay. The device has been delivered
with 12 months warranty and accessories at Rs 2,263. the device is sold
commercially as the UbiSlate 7Ci at Rs 5,000. Datawind also announced
that it has completed deliveries of its pre-paid back log.
''The Aakash 2 tablets, the world's lowest cost computing access
device, have been delivered to IIT-Bombay with 12 months warranty and
accessories at Rs 2,263... It's competitive tablets are available in
Indian market for around Rs 5,000,'' the company said in an statement.
However, the commercial tablet has been spotted on the company website
having the price tag Rs. 3,999.
Aakash 2 Specifications
Aakash 2, the tablet will sport a 7 inch multi-touch capacitive
touchscreen display with 800 x 480 pixel resolution, 1GHz ARM Cortex A8
processor, 512MB RAM, 4GB internal storage, front facing VGA camera,
Wi-Fi connectivity and 3,000 mAh Li-ion battery reportedly claimed to be
delivering 3 hours of normal operation. Moreover, Aakash 2 will run on
Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich OS.
IIT-Bombay's open source lab has developed variety of applications for
the Aakash 2 tablet like 3-D modeling applications, C++ programming
tools, distance learning and live assessment tools. Therefore
engineering students can greatly benefit from it.
The Aakash project was initiative of the government to provide
affordable computing devices to students. So, Gizbot asks you a
question, do you think, devices such as Aakash 2 tablet can make
students too dependent on technology or is that a good thing?
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