NEW DELHI: India now has the world's cheapest tablet, Aakash. The tablet is priced at Rs. 2999 and will be commercially available from November 2011. The tablet is manufactured with collaboration with India Government and British based company Datawind.
The tablet currently runs on Android 2.2 (Froyo) and with a 7 inch touch resistive screen, 800 x 480 resolution and 350g weight. The tablet has 256MB RAM and an expandable memory slot that supports upto 32G and also includes two USB ports.
The tablet comes with a 12-month replacement warranty and supports formats like DOC, DOCX, PDF and PPTX etc. Aakash has standard 3.5 mm headphones jack.
The commercial version of the tablet would have no duty waivers or subsidy, as in the government's version and come with added features like an inbuilt cellular modem and SIM to access internet.
The government will be acquiring the tablet for Rs 2250 from DataWind which will be supplied to the students across the country. The device will initially be made available to post-secondary students.
