Telecom and Education Minister Kapil sibal said "The rich have access to the digital world, the poor and ordinary have been excluded. Akash will end that digital divide."
The government is buying the first units of the device for Rs 2250 ($38) each from a British company (Datawind) which is assembling the devices in India.
The tablet will be commercially available at the price of Rs. 2999 (around $50). With the buzzword of android tablet at such a low cost the students have to compromise somewhat with its hardware.
1. OS: Android 2.2 (Froyo).
2. RAM: 256MB.
3. USB ports: 2(nos).
4. Internal storage: 2GB (flash memory).
5. Upto 32 GB expandable memory.
6. 366 MHz processor.
7. 7" resistive touchscreen.
It supports .doc, .docx, .pdf and .ppt formats. The only thing which may trouble buyers is lack of Android market. The device doesn't have Android market installed on it.
Pawan Tejwani Creation
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