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Aakash tablet specification

Full specification of Aakash tablet 

Hardware:

• It's Processor is 366MHz - Connexant with Graphics accelerator and HD Video processor
• It has Memory (RAM) of 256MB RAM / Storage (Internal): 2GB Flash
• It's Storage (External) is 2GB to 32GB Supported
• Dimension or Form Factor Length - 190.5 mm
  Width – 118.5 mm
  Height – 15.7 mm
  Display/Input device 7” resistive touch screen
  Resolution 800x480 pixel resolution
  Weight 350 Grams
• Peripherals (USB2.0 ports, number) is 2 Standard USB port
• Audio out: 3.5mm jack / Audio in: 3.5mm jack
• Display and Resolution of  7” display with 800x480 pixel resolution
• Input Devices is Resistive touch screen
• Local Networking is WiFi IEEE 802.11 a/b/g
• Internet Connectivity(UbiSlate 7 only): GPRS (1G) sim
• Power is AC adapter 200-240 volt range.
• Battery 2100 mAh, backup Up to 3 hours (180 minutes) on battery, comes with solar charging option
  

Software:

• OS: Android 2.2

Document Rendering

• Supported Document formats: DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, XLS, XLSX, ODT, ODP
• PDF viewer, Text editor

Multimedia 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

Other:
Additional Web Browser: UbiSurfer-Browser with compression/acceleration and IE8 rendering
 Cost and Pricing

* Initial Cost : Initially cost of production for Aakash tablet is around INR 2276 (Around 50$)
* Price : Student will get the device in around 35$ (INR 1730), government will bear the subsidy.

Aakash Tablet Features and Tech Specifications:

Aakash Tablet – Tech Specifications
Operating System	Android 2.2 Froyo
Processor	366 MHz
Memory	256 MB RAM
Connectivity	2 Full USB ports
Wi-Fi	Yes
Storage Capacity	2GB Flash Memory + 2GB MicroSD expandable to 32 GB
Battery	2100mAh (3 hours on average use)
Dimensions	190.5mm (W) x 118.5mm (D) x 15.7mm (H)
Weight	350 Gram
Price in INR	Rs 2,276 (Rs 1,500 for students)
Price in GBP	Around £29
Price in USD	Around $39

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World’s cheapest android tablet Aakash- Ubislate

India, a country, where very few lucky students are having facility of laptops and internet, the dream of Indian government to provide each student a laptop/tablet became true, when a tablet pc named aakash, world cheapest android tablet is developed in partnership with the IIT(Indian Institute of Technology) Rajasthan and DataWind (UK Company) under the Human Resources & Development ministry's National Mission on Education through Information & Communication Technology (NME-ICT) and on 5 October 2011, launched by India's Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), caught attention of whole world, watching a new generation of android tablet having so much of incredible features in such a low price, made by the London-based manufacturing company DataWind.

"Aakash”, an Android-based tablet computer is basically as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, and web content.

The government is buying 100,000 tablets from DataWind at an all inclusive price of Rs.2,250 per unit (inclusive of all taxes, levies, and charges like freight and insurance, servicing and documentation).

 

At the Plenary Hall in Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi, Minister Sibal vowed an audience of 1,500 dignitaries, industry leaders, academics and students with a live demonstration of high definition streaming video on the low-cost tablet, followed by web browsing and demonstration of educational applications. Five hundred devices were also handed out to students in attendance. Minister Sibal explained that the low cost device was the third leg of NME-ICT: after connecting over 1,000 institutions across the country with high bandwidth WiFi networks and web-enabling tons of course content for free. Under NME-ICT, the government intends to deliver 10 million tablets to post-secondary students across India. The target price of the 10 million units is Rs.1,750 per unit. DataWind has provided a firm proposal at the Rs.1,750 price point also.

 The commercial version of the tablet will be retailed under the brand name UbiSlate 7