Aakash not out of the door yet, Indian government already talking about Aakash 2

By:| Nov 3rd, 2011 at 09:32PM
Filed Under: Indian government, News, Tablets

The world’s cheapest Android tablet, Aakash, has not made it to large-scale deployment yet but that is not stopping the Indian government from already talking about its next version, the Hindustan Times reports. It might not come as a surprise to many but the 500 students who received the Aakash for testing were not pleased with the device, complaining of overheating, slow processor and limited access to apps. As a result, Aakash 2 will have a 800MHz processor (up from 366MHz) and 1GB of RAM (up from 256MB), a front-facing camera and better touchscreen. The government hopes to achieve all this for the price of the first-generation Aakash, Rs 2,276! What’s more, it hopes to launch this tablet by February next year. It is unclear what happened to the 10 million units of Aakash the government had planned to buy and distribute to students across the country. It is also unclear whether DataWind will be the vendor for the next version too.

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  • sourabh taneja 568 days ago

    i want to purchase this aakash tablet please contact me asap.

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  • sukumar 568 days ago

    i want to buy this where it is available after release….

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  • srinivasarao mavuri 567 days ago

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  • prabhat 567 days ago

    i want to aakash plz.

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  • arunrana 567 days ago

    usefull information ,kindly confirm availability

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  • sumit 567 days ago

    i want to buy this where it is available after release. quick launch now.

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  • Faizi Raza 567 days ago

    I want to take aakash its very beautiful please launch it in market immidatily plz contect me

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  • Arun Singh 567 days ago

    Aakash is really an amaging technology provided by our Indian Govt.
    So I would also like to purchase this. plz inform me its availability.

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  • ranju 567 days ago

    i want to book an akash tablet,please help me

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  • shivendra sahu 566 days ago

    i want to purchase this Aakash tablet please contact me as possible or post hear complete add …
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  • sandhya singh 566 days ago

    Sir !
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  • Pintu Giri 566 days ago

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  • Sadiq khan 566 days ago

    I WANNA GET IT WHEN WILL IT COME IN FARRUKHABAD(UP)?

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  • Ankit 566 days ago

    eagerly waiting for this aakash tablet 2.is there any dealer in chandigarh of aakash

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  • Ankit 566 days ago

    Sir,
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  • Balesh kumar 566 days ago

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  • sandeep singh 566 days ago

    Aakash is really an amaging technology provided by our Indian Govt.
    So I would also like to purchase this. plz inform me its availability.

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  • manish pathak 563 days ago

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    is this tablet is mobile or computer? can v install solid edge and turbo c

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