On Wednesday October 5th India launched the
world’s cheapest tablet, the Aakash. The government will be giving away
100,000 tablets for free to students and the first 500 given to the launch
attendees. Once it goes on sale students
will receive a subsidized price of $35 and the rest of India will pay only $60.
The new device will have 2 USB ports, support video
conferencing and have a three-hour battery life. The first 500 testers had mix responses to
the device; with some saying it was slow.
Most people would agree that the speed of the device will not affect
their decision to purchase. Most will be
going from no technology to the Aakash so they feel it’s already an
improvement.
Suneet Singh, DataWind CEO, has discussed that in future
versions of the tablet they would include a mobile phone connection which will
make it even more useful in rural areas.
When this is implemented people in rural India will now have access to
more of the world than ever before.
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