Introduced since July last year , is expected to appear in June last , but to this day, tablet cheapest world famous with the name "35 USD tablet" was officially was released.
Is widely known around the world called "Tablets 35 USD", this tablet is not only a valuable educational tool for students and working tool for civil servants, but also is an important landmark
in the development of India's technology in the design and manufacture electronic products.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Singh Tuli, CEO of DataWind, UniSlate production company said: "I've heard a lot of skepticism about India can not produce the tablet. And this was a product entirely made in India. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to do this. "
Mr. Singh Tuli very proud of this product
The idea of a tablet computer was introduced in July last year, and had a lot of information and suspect that the production of tablets cost 35 USD is unthinkable.
In January last, expected product will be officially launched in June, but was delayed until today.
This tablet is the actual cost up to almost 50 USD, but the Indian government is subsidizing the price to be cheaper. Previously, this tablet called Sakshat, but now it is officially called "Aakash" and means "sky."
Actual product (right) differ greatly from the original idea of cheap tablet launched last year (left)
Aakash is equipped with resistive touch screen, 7 inch size, processor 366 MHz is only modest but is accompanied by graphics processors separately. Memory capacity of the machine is 256 MB RAM, 2 GB of internal memory and can be expanded using microSD memory cards (up to 32 GB). It supports Wi-Fi, GPRS, 3G and a 2 port USB 2.0 connection. Especially, the product works on Froyo Android 2.2 platform, which is usually reserved for the smartphone.
Android 2.2 interface on Aakash
Mr. Tuli said the tablets cost 35 USD Aakash, but in the future could lower the price to just 10 USD. The successful launch of the new tablet cheap this is the contribution of Kapil Sibal, Minister of Indian media, the unit came to supervise the development of products, with the aim create a low-cost equipment, such as a gift to children worldwide, a tool against poverty.
Minister Sibal (right) confidence tablet cheap this will be a tool of child poverty in India
"Today, we have demonstrated to the world that we can not fail to secure the future for children in our country" - Kapil Sibal said - "We are not afraid of hard work and bold just for the future children of this country. "
Graduates in India will have the opportunity to undergo professional tablet this cheap
Approximately 500 students from technical universities of the government attended the opening ceremony of the product and they are the first property Aakash tablet. These students will be testing products and providing feedback within 45 days, to prepare for next development version.
USB 2.0 ports and slots on Aakash connection is only for graduate students in India. Also there are cheaper versions of a similar commercial version, called UbiSlate, which costs around 70 USD. This product will be available in late October this year.
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