Cheap Tablet For India Named Aakash-Style Education

DISCERNING BRAIN - Cheap tablet for India named Aakash-style education was introduced. Android-based tablet is priced at supercheap price of U.S. $ 35 (about USD 285 thousand). These tablets can be sold at lower prices because they get subsidies from the Indian government, which wants to boost the country's quality of education.

"By the end of the year, we are targeting to sell 10,000 units of this tablet per day," said Suneet Singh Tuli, chief executive officer of DataWind.

The design and features, the tablet is designed by students of Indian Institute of Technology. The tablet, which was launched earlier this month and a second series has got a strengthening function. Like the predecessor, this tablet is also a 7-inch screen and based Android operating system Ice Cream Sandwich.

The processor uses the ARM Cortex-A8 design with a speed of 800 Megahertz and the new one has a single core. To facilitate high-quality video playback, this tablet comes with a companion processor.

Memory disedikan is fairly economical, which is 256 megabytes. About 2-4 gigabytes of storage capacity. If you want more storage, users can buy additional memory cards up to a capacity of 32 gigabytes.

Cortex-A8 processor is a processor that fills the first tablet Apple iPad during its launch two years ago. Beberapat devices that use this processor is the iPhone 4, Nook Color Barnes & Noble made, IdeaPad A1, Archos 5, and the Palm Pre.

For business display, Datawind, a Canadian company manufacturing the tablet is in charge, install two types of touch screen, which is resistive and capsitive. Resistive screen is somewhat less expensive, less sensitive, and rarely used in modern tablet.

For capsitive touch screen, resolution 800 x 480 pixels. The results are shown fairly decent picture and touch the screen processed by race.

For the network, the Aakash uses the latest Wi-Fi a / b / g, GPRS modems are relatively inexpensive pay per month, which is around Rp 19 thousand. These tablets can be fitted with a SIM card for communication like a telephone. Battery capacity is relatively low, only lasted 3 hours.

To respond to the demand of different market segments, these tablets are also offered at cheaper rates for high school students, which is U.S. $ 21 (about USD 200 thousand). Then for the commercial U.S. $ 65 (about USD 620 thousand) and U.S. $ 80 (about USD 760 thousand). The difference lies in the installed features, such as storage capacity.

In Indonesia, there are a number of tablets inexpensive tablets like Tabulet Tabz Z1s with a capacity of 4 gigabytes, Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, at a price of Rp 888 thousand.

Specifications:

Operating System: Android Gingerbread

Processor: Cortex-A8

Memory: 256 megabytes

Storage: 4 gigabytes (can be up to 32 gigabytes with additional cards)

Screen: resistive and capsitive (800 x 480 pixels)

Connectivity: Wi-Fi a / b / g, GPRS, phone cards

Battery: 3 hours