Government To Launch $35 Tablet On Oct 5

[socrates]

Will be made available to students on a priority basis. Government To Launch $35 Tablet On Oct 5

Will others be interested? Actual specs still unknown.

 

[thetechfreak]

Hope I get the oppurtunity to buy it

Whatever happened to this ?
http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/technology-news/142465-25-dollar-tablet.html

 

[MetalheadGautham]

Price increase

Students get this on a priority basis ? Awesome I'm ordering one

 

[thetechfreak]

@Metal Gautham

How do we order one ?

 

[MetalheadGautham]

@Metal Gautham

How do we order one ?

Lets wait and see till October 5th...

 

[KDroid]

I wish Students from institutes such as IITs get preference. I've got enough contacts (Cousins & Friends) in IITs to get one!

 

[lywyre]

If it is freely (not cost wise) available, I am going to donate one every month

 

[abhijangda]

one more good initiative by govt. after OLPC.

 

[niceboy]

Nobody knows the specs, Doubt how good it will be compared to the commercially available ones in the market!

 

[thetechfreak]

Come on. How much specs will they offer in such low price. It will be a barebone tablet

 

[Sumeet_naik]

Edited to put the exact price.

Price at which govt gets it. - Rs 2276
Govt gives to student at - 1138
Mfg cost of the tablet - 2276
First lot given to student at - 1750
Commercial version which arrives in november costs 2999.
Plans to bring the cost down to 500rs in future.

 

[topgear]

Here's a bit of info
Kapil Sibal Reappears with Mythical Sakshat Tablet for October Launch

 

[MetalheadGautham]

Just one more day to go... I hope we don't see a fat Mr Sibbal screaming out "october fool!" at all of us tomorrow...

 

[thetechfreak]

Heard a few months back that cost
jumped from $35 to $65.

Very Interesting.
Looks like myths, rumours have already started leading to confusion about this product has already started

I really hope the students get this first. Atleast before the Hardware reviewers around the world

 

[Sumeet_naik]

Very Interesting.
Looks like myths, rumours have already started leading to confusion about this product has already started

I really hope the students get this first. Atleast before the Hardware reviewers around the world

It was in some newspaper, and I found it from a friend on twitter..

already started

They have been around for longer than that..

 

[reniarahim1]

wat happened to this? today is 05th

 

[KDroid]

Wait till 2:30 pm

Watch NDTV. The Name of the tablet is Aakash.

and it's $50 !

Confirmed Specs:

Name: Akaash (Not Sakshat as was originally called)
Manufacturer: Datawind
Price : Rs 2,276 (about $50)
Dimensions: 190.5x118.5x15.7mm
Screen: 7" resistive
Weighs: 350gms
Operating System: Android 2.2 (Doesn’t have Android Marketplace has Getjar instead)
Processor: 366MHz
Wi-fi enabled only
Connectivity: 2 full USB ports
Memory: 256MB RAM
Storage: 2GB Flash memory + 2GB Micro SD card (expandable to 32GB)
Battery: 2100mAh (Lasts 1.5 to 2 hours when watching HD videos & 3 hours on average use)

The screen's so pathetic that the officials who were demonstrating it had to tap twice or thrice every time.

 

[ash2win]

India launches “worlds cheapest” Tablet computer for 35$

Specifications:

Dimensions: 190.5×118.5×15.7mm
Screen: 7″ resistive touchscreen with 800×480 pixel resolution
Weighs: 350gms
Processor: 366MHz (a dedicated HD processor for 1080p videos)
Memory: 256MB RAM
Storage: 2GB Micro SD card (expandable to 32GB)
Network:WiFi(GPRS & 3G options)
Audio out: 3.5mm jack / Audio in: 3.5mm jack
USB ports: Two full sized
Battery: 2100mAh (Lasts 1.5 to 2 hours when watching HD videos & 3 hours on average use)
Software :
Operating System: Android 2.2 – Froyo (Doesn’t have Android Marketplace has Getjar instead)
Supported Document formats: DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, XLS, XLSX, ODT, ODP
Browser: Datawind Accelerated web browser(HD video playback & HD quality video streaming)
Image viewer supported formats: PNG, JPG, BMP and GIF
Supported audio formats: MP3, AAC, AC3, WAV, WMA
Supported video formats: MPEG2, MPEG4, AVI, FLV

India launches "worlds cheapest" Android Tablet computer for 35$ | Mylifeonline

 

[RCuber]

^^ for $50 , that a good specs.

 

[MetalheadGautham]

So its finally out. Any official website or how to procure it or some info like that ??

For the resolution of screen, it does seem underpowered CPU-wise. But if it does read 100MB scanned PDF files, I'll be happy