October 5, Mr Kapil Sibal, Union minister of Human Resource Development launched world's cheapest tablet PC Aakash. "Aakash will help in eliminating digital illiteracy", he said. Aakash was fully developed and made in India at a plant in Hyderabad. This Indian tablet is powered by Google Android OS 2.2 and has a 7 inch touch screen display. Government will provide 50% subsidy on it and in first phase as pilot project 100,000 tablets will be made available. The device will be distributed to students through the institutions at which they are studying.
It is planned that 416 Universities and 20,000 colleges all over India will be connected under the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NME-ICT). The Mission pays for fiber connectivity for each University to connect to the nearest NKN node. NME will also be responsible for creating and providing access to rich education and learning content from Sakshat and other portals.
۞ Hardware Specifications
| Processor | 366 Mhz supporting graphics accelerator and high definition HD video |
| Memory | 256 MB RAM |
| Storage | 2 GB Internal Flash Memory Upto 32 GB Expandable External Memory |
| Input Devices | 7 inch Resistive Touch Screen External USB Keyboard (optional) |
| Display | 7 inch screen with resolution of 800x480 pixels |
| Audio | 3.5 mm Audio Jack in 3.5 mm Audio Jack out |
| Connectivity | WiFi IEEE 802.11 a/b/g |
| Battery | Battery Backup of 180 Minutes |
۞ Software Specifications
| Operating System | Google Android OS 2.2 |
| Document Editor | Text Editor Supported Formats: DOC, DOCX,PPT,PPTX,XLS,XLSX,ODT,ODP |
| Document Viewer | PDF Viewer |
| Supported Multimedia Formats | Image: PNG, JPG, BMP, GIF Audio: MP3, AAC,AC3, WAV, WMA Video: MPEG2, MPEG4, AVI, FLV |
| Web Browser | Default browser xHTML, Javascript Compliant Additionally UbiSurfer Browser with compression/acceleration and IE8 rendering is provided |
| Youtube | YouTube Application to Stream Videos |
Sakshat Portal
The learning contents and content development tools can be accessed from the Sakshat Portal.
http://www.sakshat.ac.in/
After registering on the website students and teachers can access the digital repository, e-Books, e-Journals, forums, e-Library etc.
When the first Low Cost Access cum Computing Device was unveiled by name of Sakshat Tablet, Govt had aimed to provide the device at the cost of $35. But Aakash will cost the government around $49 (inclusive of all taxes etc) approximately Rs. 2,276 according to exchange rate of that time.
It will be given to students after subsidizing the price by up to 50 percent. In the first phase as pilot project 100,000 devices will be provided then based on the feedback of different climate condition etc.. the device will be manufactured in mass increasing features and reducing the cost.
Even without Govt's subsidy the price is very low. I hope to get hands on this very soon. So when are you getting yours?
interesting blog. It would be great if you can provide more details about it. Thanks you
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Cheapest Tablet PC, Android 2.2, now is Android 4.0, the tablet pc should be updated to Jelly bean. It would be better for users, right?
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