Aakash tablet goes on sale for Rs 2500 online

DataWind, the Canadian company that is manufacturing Aakash, has started the online booking and pre booking of the much anticipated low cost Android tablet. Online booking is for students' version of the tablet and pre booking is for UbiSlate 7, the upgraded version of Aakash.

Students' version of Aakash will be available for Rs 2,500 and will be delivered in seven days. The commercial version, UbiSlate 7 is priced at Rs 2,999. The payment mode for both the tablets is cash on delivery.

The commercial version of Aakash tablet will be powered by Android 2.3 and will have a resistive touchscreen, Cortex A8-700 MHz processor and graphics accelerator HD video processor, 256 MB of RAM and 2 GB of internal memory.

Other specifications are a one standard USB port, 3.5 mm audio jack, a 7 inch display with 800 x 480 pixel resolution, resistive touchscreen, GPRS and WiFi support.

"The improved version of Aakash tablet will be available in retail outlets by January end," aspokesperson of DataWind told The Mobile Indian.

The tablet was to be made available in retail stores by the end of November. "The delay in the availability of the tablet has been due to upgradation in the tablet and some unforeseen delay in manufacturing," the spokesperson said.

To book and prebook student and commercial versions respectively of Aakash tablet, users have to visit DataWind's website and fill up the required form. In case of booking they will get a booking ID and a message which will state, "You will shortly receive an email confirmation from our support team with further details."

In case of pre booking users will get a confirmation message which will state, "The commercial version of the Akash UbiSlate 7 would be launched in early weeks of December. After the commercial launch we would get in touch with you to deliver your device as soon possible."

As a matter of fact, the confirmation message a reader will see is factually incorrect as The mobile Indian had reported earlier the Aakash tablet will be available only by January end.

Datawind has however not cleared how it is going to establish the identity of students who will book the cheapest version of Aakash tablet. When The Mobile Indian contacted spokesperson of Datwind he said, "Anyone can book the student version of Aakash tablet."

This defeats the purpose of providing students an affordable tablet as now anyone can place an order to get the tablet. Interestingly, now it has been revealed that the government has procured only 10,000 Aakash tablets for distribution in schools and colleges of the initial 1 lakh proposed.

It looks like the company was in a hurry to start the online booking process and has not done not proper homework before staring it.

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Technology now comes at an unbeatable price!

DataWind Ltd, a leading developer of wireless web access products and services manufactured Ubislate. Datawind offers an array of wireless web access devices and offers a web delivery platform. The competent developer has come up with Aakash tablet which provides a gamut of wireless web access devices.

The android based Aakash tablet is a perfect platform for the audio-visual media like books, music, movies, games and web content. Aakash or the Ubislate tablet runs on Android 2.2 and provides features like multiple touch screen and Connexant CPU with HD video and accelerated graphics. Initially known as Sakshat tablet, Aakash tablet offers Wi-Fi and USB connectivity. It is really light and impressive in design.
The manufacturing company of UK, DataWind has introduced the Aakash tablet for the Indian market. The CEO of DataWind, Suneet Singh Tuli says ‘This is a made-in-India product. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to do this.’

Suneet Singh Tuli also says ‘“The final goal is to either provide the same features at a lower cost or provide better functionality and features at the same cost." It must be mentioned that the tablet is available for students needs and will facilitate the percolation of internet in rural India.
The objective of Aakash tablet is to deliver high quality, personalized and interactive knowledge module over the internet. The tablet is low in cost but rich in features. It is also integrated with social networking applications like facebook, twitter and with email.

The long awaited Aakash tablet has been launched by the Telecom and Education Minister, Kapil Sibbal. He quotes "The rich have access to the digital world, the poor and ordinary have been excluded. Aakash will end that digital divide." Aakash is unquestionably a great initiative for the internet penetration in the country including the rural areas. It is definitely a boon for the students across the length and breadth of the country.
This is the official platform where you can book Aakash tablet for yourself in an easy and hassle free manner. So wait no more. Fill in the form and book your Ubislate now.