India today launched its much publicized ultra-low-cost tablet, Aakash. Based on Android 2.2 (Froyo), Aakash comes with a 7 inch resistive touch screen with 800x480 resolutions.
The tablet will be available in the market from November for Rs 2999.
The tablet Akash, weighs 350 gm, is made in India in collaboration with UK Company DataWind. The government will be obtaining the tablet for Rs 2250 from DataWind which will be supplied to the students across the country. However the tablet would have no duty waivers or subsidy and will be available to students at Rs 2999/-. The device will initially be made available to only post-secondary students.
Aakash will come with added features like an inbuilt cellular modem and SIM to access internet. It also
comes with a 12-month replacement warranty and supports formats like DOC, DOCX, PDF and PPTX etc.
Aakash has a 256 MB of RAM, a 32 GB expandable memory slot and two USB ports and comes with 2100mAh battery. Aakash has standard 3.5 mm headphones jack.
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