World’s Cheapest Android, named Akash, produced in India.
Students from India have a reason to celebrate the highly anticipated “Sakshat Tablet” was successfully launched in India on Wednesday. The tablet is called “Akash” and was jointly developed by India in collaboration with the Datawind, and can easily be obtained for ($ 45) 2,200/- in Indian rupees.
Akash tablet was developed jointly by India, with the UK Based company Datawind. The tablet will run Google’s Android 2.2 (Froyo) and a 7 “inch LCD, 800×480 resolutions. Akash tablet has 256 MB of RAM and 32 GB of expandable memory with two USB ports. Akash Tablet also comes with a 12 months replacement warranty.
Akash is a new next-generation Tablet PC, which comes with attractive features. This is one of the cheapest tablet PC, which launched in India. This tab is made to the requirement of users and especially for the needs of students. The tablet comes with a 7 inch wide touch screen 480 × 800 pixels, which is based on the Android operating system 2.2 and powered by Connexant Processor.
With Akash tablet we can work on a Wi-Fi and GPRS Internet connections. Card is integrated with social networking applications like Facebook, twitter… This card is also benefiter commercial purpose, because it is loaded into Microsoft Office and Adobe PDF tools for reading and writing documents, such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc. Akash tablet has 256 megabytes of RAM and 2 GB of flash memory that has the ability expandable up to 32GB of external Micro SD card slot. 2 USB ports are available for connecting to other devices like flash drives. Card, supports multi-format music / video files, and has a long battery life offers up to 3 hours.
Akash Tablet Price in India has been announced as $45.
Akash Tablet Price for Students $27 (Rs.1400).
Akash Tablet Features and Specifications
Operating System: Google Android 2.2
Processor Power: 366 MHz Connexant
Processor type: graphics accelerator
Internal RAM: 256 MB
Display Screen Size: 7 inches
Display Resolution: 480 × 800 pixels
Display Type: Resistive Touch screen
Wireless Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g + GPRS
Email/Facebook/Twitter
Office Document Viewer: DOCX, DOC, PPTX, PPT, XLSX, XLS, ODT, ODP and PDF)
Video Format Support: FLV, AVI, MP4 and Mpeg
Audio Format Support: AC3, MP3, AAC, WAV and WMA
Data Transfer Connectivity: Micro USB v 2.0 Port
Internal memory: 2 GB
Expandable memory: Supports up to 32 GB
Micro SD Card Slot
3.5mm Audio Connector Jack
UbiSurfer-browser
Battery Backup: up to 3 Hours
Use any ordinary pen-drive
Even plug-in a 3G dongle
| ” Aakash ” Android Tab Specifications : | |
| Hardware | |
| Processor: | 366 Mhz. Connexant with Graphics accelerator and HD Video processor |
| Memory | 256MB RAM / Storage (Internal): 2GB FlashExternal : 2GB to 32GB Supported |
| USB | USB2.0 port |
| Audio out: | 3.5mm jack / Audio in: 3.5mm jack |
| Display and Resolution: | 7″ display with 800×480 pixel resolution |
| Input Devices: | Resistive touch screen |
| Connectivity and Networking: | 2G GPRS and WiFi IEEE 802.11 a/b/g |
| Power and Battery: | 2100mAh, AC adapter 200-240 volt range. |
| Software: | |
| OS: | Android 2.2 (Froyo) |
| Supported Document formats: | DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, XLS, XLSX, ODT, ODP,PDF viewer, Text editor |
| Image formats | Image viewer supported formats: PNG, JPG, BMP and GIF |
| Supported audio formats | MP3, AAC, AC3, WAV, WMA |
| Supported video formats: | MPEG2, MPEG4, AVI, FLV |
| Web browser - | xHTML 1.1 compliant, JavaScript 1.8 compliant |
| Video App | Separate application for online YouTube video |
$45. That won’t last long once the patent trolls, Microsoft and Apple, get into the picture.
It just needs a Pixel-Qi screen.
I think they should have punched up the battery life. 3 hrs is pretty dismal. Aside from continuous use, if you imagine grabbing your tablet randomly and using it, you may have 2 hrs, an hour or less left. I think if one wanted to make a 3 hour battery work, you would create some sort of pop in, pop out battery so you could switch very quickly from an exhausted to a fresh battery.
In India we are not worried about patent toll. that is only applicable in those where people are slaves of corporates. let them pay for the idiotic rules in those countries. linux kernel (GPL) gives me the freedom to share the software. and i will do it.