Aakash - World's Cheapest Android Tablet

The world's cheapest Android tablet, Aakash  has been recently released in India on 5th October,2011.  The Aakash tablet was developed by IIT Rajasthan.  Union Minister for Human Resources Developement, Mr. Kapil Sibal has launched the World's Cheapest Android tablet in India.  Aakash will be sold to students at a discounted price of Rs.1500 only to expand digital access in India.  The normal price for general public would be around Rs.2990.  In the first phase 1,00,000 units of Aakash would be initially available and distributed to college students.  Later on within few months millions of units would be produced.  In the first phase the Aakash tablets will be distributed state-wise and each state would get around 3000 units in the first phase.  On the occasion of the launch, 500 Aakash tablets were distributed to students free of cost. 


Aakash tablet is powered by Android 2.2 (Froyo) operating system and has 7 inch resistive multi touch screen.  Aakash weighs only 350 grams and has 256 MB of RAM and 32 GB expandable memory slot and two USB ports.  The tablet also supports Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g connectivity and includes a microphone and stereo ear phones.  Aakash is manufactured by a London based company, DataWind and comes with one year replacement warranty.


In addition to Wi-Fi connectivity, Aakash supports for optional 2G 3G USB modems.  Aakash has two USB ports which allows pen drives, external keyboards, web-cams, dongles and other peripherals to be connected.

A leather keyboard case is also offered as one of the accessories with Aakash tablet.  The leather case not only protects Aakash, but has an integrated keyboard allowing fast typing and conversion of the device as a small note book.  For more details about Aakash you can dial 1800-180-2180 or you can visit www.aakashtablet.com or http://ubislate.com.

You can see the Aakash launch video below.

iBall launches first Android Tablet in India for Rs.13,995

The computer peripheral manufacturer iBall has launched its first Android tablet in Indian market at a price of Rs.13,995. With a 7 inch multi touch display, the 'Slide' has a 2 Mega pixel front camera, USB and HDMI ports.  The tablet 'Slide' has a 8 GB in built memory which can expanded upto 32 GB.

This tablet was powered by 1 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor and runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system.  The iBall 'Slide' tablet comes with blue tooth, Wi Fi and 3G ( via Dongle ) for connectivity.  The tablet has a 4400 mAh battery and gives 6.5 hours of music and upto 5 hours of video.