Aakash Tablet Review – World’s Cheapest Tablet at US$ 28.99 from India [REVIEW]

The world cheapest computerreleased whose name is ‘Aakash’. HRD minister Kapil Sibal released the Aakash tablet at a press conference in the capital. The Govt. of India even distributed 500 free tablets to students from different parts of India who had come to attend the event

Specifications
Manufacturer: DataWind, India

Operating System: Google’s Android v2.2 Froyo

Battery: 2100 mAh lithium-polymer battery/ Runs 180 min on battery

Procesor: 366 MHz processor, on chip graphics accelerator and HD Video processor

Memory: 2GB (Internal)
Expandable upto 32 GB micro SD

RAM: 256 MB LP-DDR2/DDR2

Display: 7-inch at an 800*480 resolution

Screen: Touch type Multi-touch resistive touchscreen display

Connectivity: Wi-Fi EEE 802.11 a/b/g connectivity

Weight: 350 gm
Network GPRS

Cost
Students Rs 1,300 (US$ 28.99)
Government Rs 2,250 (US$ 50.18)
Retail Price Rs 2,999 (US$ 66.88)

What’s Missing
Inbuilt Camera,

GPS,

Multi-tasking

Features
The tablet is cheap and exciting too.
It works as a phone if sim card and headphone is inserted in it.
Has both GPRS and Wifi enabled.
Not only that it can also work as 3G by enabling dongle
With extended upto 32 GB micro SD it has a USB port.
Document Rendering
Supported Document formats: DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, XLS, XLSX, ODT, ODP
PDF viewer, Text editor
Mltimedia 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

Review


No doubt aakash is the cheapest tablet available in the world but it has got lots of drawbacks which makes it not usable by technical guys who need multi tasking and high speed processor. In design point of view the tablet has got a simple designbut is thick comparitively withthe ipad and tabs like Dell Streak, Hp, Amazon Tablet ‘Kindle Fire’, Samsung GalaxyTab. The best thing about this tab (aakash) is its price which makes it affordable to the masses which is the main target of HRD Minister Kapil Sibal. It is expected that 416 Universities and 20,000 colleges all over India will be connected under the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NME-ICT). The National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NME-ICT) has proposed 18 different line items for content creation. All content that is created under this Mission needs to meet the following criteria:
It should be related to education delivery.
It should involve faculty from different institutions
All IP (Intellectual Property) created under projects funded by this Mission will vest with MHRD
All content should be created using open-source software.
All content created under this Mission is for open access by all and cannot be charged for in any way

Where To Buy From:
Commercially Aakash Tablets will be available in the marketfor the masses from November. Pre-booking of the Aakash Tablets have been started from now itself. You can even book your firstWorld Cheapest Tablet now. Click hereto book.
Govenment has rolled out 100,000 units of AAkash-Tablet initially and they will be available only to the students. Government has annonced to distribute the Aakash-Tablets to various institute and students can avail one from their institute itself. So the best way to get one for you is contact your concerned department of your college/institute.