Advantages and Disadvantages of Buying Akash Tablet

Now a days, Akash tablet is on the headline. Many of us want to buy it but we think that it is better to buy it or not. Here we are giving some of the points may be by that your confusion can be cured. See the advantages and disadvantages below. 

Advantages to buy this tablet—

•       The first and main advantage of Akash tablet is its low price. You cannot get any of the tablets or smartphones on such a low amount. You can get it at the low cost of Rs.3000. It is available on about $35 {Rs.1500} about half for the students.
•         This tablet is fully touch screen and very stylish to operate.
•         It has 2Gb internal memory and capable to bear the 32Gb external memory. It is enough to hold 350 apps or about 40-50 movies.
•         It comes with the Android 2.2 Frovo with 15k pre-installed apps.
•         It supports generally all the formats for the images, videos and audios.
•         Functions for the many school and college students are very good. 256 Mb RAM and 366Ghz is relatively good to run ppt/pdf files.
•         The commercial version of Akash comes with the many features which makes it separate with any other ones. It supports GPRS, We-Fe, 3G and Sim facility. It allows faster data access and use of tablet as smartphone to call.

• As government is sponsoring the Akash tablet on the behalf of Datawind, you can be assure of better after sale services.
• Price of Akash tablet will go down every year, as said by Datawind. Every year prices will be tried to decrease and with the many functions.

Disadvantages for this tablet—

• It comes with the 2100mAh battery which lasts up to 4 hours if you are reading e-books but if you are watching HD movies then it will last up to 3 hours only which is very less than all the other ones in the market.
•  You know that the processor is the main module of any gadget and you can imagine that how the gadgets like Akash tablet can be good by having such a small processor and with a slow speed.
•   It does not have webcam or a camera even for the video chatting. If you are much eager of video chatting then you will need to insert an external webcam.
•   Very less customer care centres are there which are situated in the metropolitan cities and if you have any problem then you are locked.
•     It does not make sense to expect a multi touch screen on the cheaper device. But we think the display device is worse than you think.
•     Due to it low speed, it speeds up quickly which is the major problem that should be checked.
•    So, with this tablet do not image as the display like the other iphone touch in this one.
•    You haveWe-Fe and USB ports to access to the internet but you don’t think so that you can connect to the GPRS and Bluetooth for the internet. It has no facility to connect with the GPRS and Bluetooth.
• Akash comes with the Android 2.2 but you can’t access Android marketplace to download new apps and games.

Don't forget to tell us your view on Akash Tablet by commenting below.

If this Helped you! Please take few Seconds and share it.

How to Easily buy Akash Tablet Online

Hi friends! After reading many of the awesome advantages ofAkash tablet, you want to use this tab. Now, Ncarry is to sell Akash tablet in India. Yes friends! Ncarry a Nimbuzz company is the first online retailer to sell the Akash tablet. This can be a big relief for the users to sell Akash tab online. Note it that the selling of this tab on it is also limited, so don’t think that you can buy it anytime from Ncarry.

   Another good thing related to this tab is that the Ncarry accepts many modes of payments for the sake of convenience of the users. Such as Master card, Credit card, Debit card, Netbanking and cash payorders. However, keeping in mind about the limited stocks, company may give preference to the customers who have already paid. But be prepared to shell out some extra amount on the account of shipping charges which is around Rs. 199. So you will have to pay Rs. 2499 plus Rs. 199 if you want to buy Aakash tablet from Ncarry. You can connect to them between 8 AM to 8 PM.

   

How to buy—

Click here to buy it online.

If you have any problem than tell us by commenting below.

If this Helped you! Please take few Seconds and share it.

The So Called Cheapest Tablet -- AAKASH !!

"Business has only two functions - marketing and innovation."

Well With the Advent Of Technology , Business is Firmly approaching to Relatively Higher Peaks and So is the Case with British based Firm DATAWIND Which is supposed To have record Orders For Manufacturing The Cheapest Tablet In The World "AAKASH" .

The Innovation behind This is Ofcourse The Man Of INNOVATION -- STEVE JOBS .

Well We Know it Seems Quite Strange To involve Mr.Steve Jobs here But All we Can Say is

that "AAKASH Tablet is The Result of the I-PAD Age ".

Well Now Coming Back to the So Called Cheapest Tablet "AAKASH" , we are Going To share Some Key Speculations About The Tablet which was launched on 5th oct,2011 in INDIA .

Aakash Tablet also Called Sakshat is Surely The Cheapest Tablet in the World (If You Ignore Chinese I-PADS) with Lot of Exciting Features and a World of APPS provide By Our Favorite OS "ANDROID" 2.2 'Froyo'.

It is Priced at $60(~Rs 3000) For Commercial users and Students in INDIA Definately have a Reason to Smile As it Will be available for Students at Just $24(~Rs 1200) .Well No Chinese Tablet Will be Cheaper Than This Amount Too .

All we Can Say is that "ELECTRONICS GADGETS ARE INFLATION FREE".

The First 10000 Copies of the Gadget Will be First Issued To IIT Rajasthan .

The main Speculations and Features of AAKASH Tablet are Listed Below :-

Students Using Aakash Tablet

HARDWARE :- 366 Mhz Processor (Surely Not Powerful Enough) Graphics Accelerator and HD video Processing . Memory -- 256 MB RAM Internal Storage -- 2 GB Flash External Storage -- 2 GB to 32 GB expandable 2 USB (2.0) Ports Display -- 7" Display with 800 x 480 Pixel Resolution /Resistive Touch Screen .

Connectivity and Networking -- GPRS and WiFi IEEE 802.11 a/b/g Power and Battery -- Up to 180 minutes on battery. AC adapter 200-240 volt range. Audio Jack :- 3.5 mm Standard Audio Jack . SOFTWARE :- Operating System :-- ANDROID 2.2 Froyo

Supported Document Formats :-- DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, XLS, XLSX, ODT, ODP. Multimedia and Image Display(Inbuilt) PDF Reader Text Editor Supports All Major Audio and Video Formats . Well All This You are Getting at Such a low Price , So no Criticism Except The Expected Delay of Availability In the Market.

Cheap Tablet War -- Aakash vs BSNL's Penta !!

BSNL's PENTA 

As Predicted The Year 2011 and 2012 were all about the Smartzone section Comprising Smart Phones and Smart Tablets . Well operating SYstems Like Android , iOS,Windows have Been the Root of all Smartphones and Tablets but Android has Spread itself to all the Levels . Whether is is the Cheapest Section or the Most Expensive One , You ll get an android that Fits Your Budget !!
The War for The Most Expensive One is always been a Debatable Issue For  Us but This Time a New War Has Emerged -- THE WAR OF THE CHEAPEST TABLETS !! 
No Doubt Aakash -- The Well Known Cheapest Android Operated Tablet has No Competition in the Tablet Market Till 24th Feb . Yes That's Because India's largest Telecom Operator BSNL has Came with a  New Kid in the Cheapest Zone . No Infact  a Single  Kid , They have Got  a Whole New Family !!
BSNL has launched three tablets including two 7 inch resistive screen based tabs with Android 2.3 operating system while the third tablet comes with an 8 inch capacitive touchscreen.

Made by Noida based company - Pantel, the tablets will be sold with discounted data plans from BSNL. The three tablets are priced at Rs 3,250, Rs 10,999 and Rs 13,500.
The cheapest model is Panta Tpad IS 701r which is priced at Rs 3,250. Notably, Aakash is priced at just Rs 2500. However, Tpad has better specification than the Datawind's low cost tablet.

Panta Tpad is a WiFi only tablet with Android 2.3 operating system, it has a 1 GHz processor (ARM11 IMAP210) clubbed with 256 MB RAM. The tablet also offers HDMI port through which it can be connected to a TV. Its 7 inch resistive touch screen comes with 800x600 resolution and 16:9 aspect ratio.


Well We Hope all of you Know The Specifications of aakash Tablet Already , If You Don't Then Check Out Our Previous Post on Aakash Tablet  !! 

AAKASH TABLET 

COMPARISON :- OVERVIEW ---- >> AAKASH TABLET   :- Aakash Tablet Manufactured By Canadian Firm "Datawind" is Priced at About Rs 2500 and runs on Android 2.2 Froyo . It's Upgraded Version named Ubislate is Expected to be Launched Soon !!


BSNL's PENTA TABLET :- Manufactured by Noida based Pantel Technologies, the Penta IS701R tablet has WiFi and is priced at Rs 3,499.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS :- 
AAKASH TABLET :- 366 Mhz Processor (Surely Not Powerful Enough)
Graphics Accelerator and HD video Processing .
Memory -- 256 MB RAM Internal Storage -- 2 GB Flash External Storage -- 2 GB to 32 GB expandable
2 USB (2.0) Ports
Display -- 7" Display with 800 x 480 Pixel Resolution /Resistive Touch Screen .
Connectivity and Networking -- GPRS and WiFi IEEE 802.11
 Audio Jack :- 3.5 mm Standard Audio Jack .
SOFTWARE :- Operating System :-- ANDROID 2.2 Froyo
BSNL's PENTA TABLET :- Panta Tpad is a WiFi only tablet with Android 2.3 operating system, it has a 1 GHz processor (ARM11 IMAP210) clubbed with 256 MB RAM. The tablet also offers HDMI port through which it can be connected to a TV. Its 7 inch resistive touch screen comes with 800x600 resolution and 16:9 aspect ratio.

AVAILABILITY :-
AAKASH TABLET :- Datawind has already running late on its Schedule of manufacturing and Delivering the So Called Cheapest Tablet Aakash !! Since its Launch There are Thousands of Pending orders and Still Counting !!
BSNL's PENTA TABLET :- BSNL's has Assured Customers that the Penta Tablet Will be Available in the Market in the first half of March This Year. Well Let's See BSNL keeps its Promise or Not !!

PRICE :- 
AAKASH IS AVAILABLE AT RS 2500 -/- 
PENTA IS PRICED AT RS 3499 -/-

TECHworlds1:- REVIEW :- 
Well Ascertaining Both The Tablets , Surely BSNL's Penta Carries a Lot With a Little More Price Than Aakash . With Powerful 1Ghz Processor and Android 2.3 Running Under its Palms , Surely There is No match Up with Aakash Tablet Now. If You are Ready to Spend a Little More , Then Go for PENTA . But don't Underestimate Aakash Too , They may be Back with Much Improved Ubislate Tablet Anytime. The War is On -- Lets See Who Wins the Cheap Tablet Zone !!

Micromax Funbook -- Cheapest ICS Android Tablet .

Micromax  is One of The Leading Mobile Manufacturers in India With Most of their Products Targeting the Mid Sized Customers . Micromax has a Pretty large Market Share if You Come to Mobile Phones Ranging below Rs 10000.
Micromax has Recently Launched a New mid Range Tablet named Micromax Funbook , an ICS (Ice Cream Sandwich) Enabled Android tablet . Well Believe it or Not , it is another Cheap Tablet  in the Indian Market Which is Already booming up with a Flood of Cheap Tablets.
Anyways Micromax Funbook is a 7 inch large Android Tablet Running with Many Advanced Features.
Micromax Funbook is The Cheapest and One of the Best ICS Operating Tablet manufactured by Indian Manufacturer Micromax.
It is Priced at a Very Good Price of Rs 6500 , and That's What Makes it a Solid Competitor for Another Tablets in this Zone.

1. Display :- The Micromax tablet will feature a 7-inch 16:9 capacitive touchscreen display with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels .Well Surely , Its Not the Best Resolution you can Get in a Tablet but Well What Else you Need at Such a Low Price. It Surely Does Carries Our Expectations and Can Easily get a Solid base in the Market with the Most Affordable 7" capacitive Touch Screen .


2. Processor :- Well here What Where This Gadget Has Spectacular Specifications. It is Powered with a Solid 1.2 GHz A8 processor and a 512 MB of RAM . Well the RAM Doesn't Look Much More To  Get You Handy With Some Big Android Apps But it is Surely Enough To Run ICS Android Smoothly .

3. Camera :- Well here Lies the Biggest Disappointment in the Micromax Funbook . We Know That You May Not Believe it But This Tablet Doesn't Have a Rear Camera . Who oh , We Don't Whther it Was Not Fitting in their Budgets or Was there any Other Technical Reason to Eliminate a Rear Camera . Anyways Don't Leave The Hopes of a Camera Guys , We have a 0.3 MP Front Camera On this Tablet Specifically Portrayed for Video Calling With Your Friends and Mates.

4. Connectivity :- The Micromax Funbook has a  3G connectivity, which is accessible through a USB Dongle. In addition, the device has WiFi b/g, USB 2.0 and HDMI out for connectivity, data transfer and HDTV streaming

5. Multimedia Support :- This ICS Tablet Can Play H.D videos in Most of The Available Formats like MPEG, MOV , WMV, FLV , AVI etc.  Game Addicted Persons  Can Enjoy Various Games On this Funbook . There is a Huge Collection of multimedia Content with more than 6000 Songs Library Available on Micromax Funbook .

6. Memory :- Micromax Funbook comes with a Whopping 4GB Inbuilt Memory and Can Support External Memory upto 32 GB . Well That is Enough for a Portable Device To Carry Your Fun Stuff Along with You .

Final Verdict :- According to Deepak Mehrotra, the CEO of Micromax, the Funbook is India’s slimmest tablet. It is also one of the best affordable tablets in Indian market. When compared with the recent tablets from companies like HCL, the Funbook is brilliantly affordable.
We Will Say That Micromax has Surely opened Gates for More Such Tablets in the Indian Market and is surely a good purchase at such an affordable rate. Fun Lies in the Funbook , So Go for it.

Now Go Tech Android Tablet at Rs 3999!!

The Era of Cheap Android Tablets Has Been Flourishing in the Indian Tech Market from last Year When Indian Govt. Introduced the cheapest of its type tablet --Aakash !! Since then Many Tablet Manufacturers has introduced themselves with many cheap and smart Android Tablets . One of the main reasons for these cheap Tablets being successful is Android -- An Open Source Mobile OS !!

Today Go Tech Digital Pvt Ltd  announced the launch of two Android-based tablets -- Funtab Fusion and Fonetab in New Delhi. Funtab is a Bright Display Fun Oriented Tablet which is basically aimed at providing Educational Help to Students.
This Tab is  Priced at Rs3999 and is One of the Best Tablet available in this segment .
The Fonetab is priced at Rs 6000 And Will have a Slim Slot as well.
The Hardware and Specifications are expected to be of Good quality as the company has already successfully  Created Quality assurance in  the market . The  Company plans to target small cities in the country to establish a Direct market in India.

What's New in Akash Tablet 2

Hi friends! This is a very great news for the Akash Tablet lovers that in the next month, the upgraded version of Akash Tab is going to launch and it will be in the same price as the older one. It is the world’s most cheapest tab and now with the more facilities. It has many of the new specification such as the 700 MHz Cortex A8 processor, 3200mAH  battery with three-four usage time and a capactive touch screen for the better working. 

It has been upgraded in every field in comparison to old Tablet. It is prepared by focusing on the students which can help them.

     

What's New in Akash Tablet 2

• New 700 MHz Cortex A8 processor.
• Same price as the old Tab.
• 3200mAH powerful battery which gives 3-4 hours standby.
• New capactive touch screen.

So,what do you think! did Akash tablet will make success or not.Share your views by leaving your comments below.

If this Helped you! Please take few Seconds and share it.

List of the Tablets less than the price of Rs 5000 :Low budget Tablets

Listening the word "Tablet" makes everyone to think about high cost and availability, but now in India, these are available on the lower price as below the cost of ` 5,000. These low cost tablets experinces the full functionality to the users. They are fully filled with the features and makes computing much easier. These tablet PCs are much user friendly and it can be used in our day to day activities.


We are now providing you the list of some of the low cost tablets, not only low cost but rich in the user functionality. The list of these tablets are -

Pantel T-pad IS701R -

The price of this Tablet is just ` 3,250 only. It is having the 1GHz processor. It runs on the Android Gingerbread Operating system. This gadget is also having the some other specifications which makes it different form others.

Ubislate 7 Plus -

The Ubislate 7 plus have the Cortex A8-700 MHz processor. Its battery power is 3200mAH. The price of this wonderful gadget is just ` 2,999. It is entirely filled to core. It has the Android 2.3 Operating system and the We-Fe connectivity with the GPRS connectivity.

Atab -

Atab runs on the 1.1 GHz processor with the Android Operating system. It has the capacity of 512 MB internal RAM and 2GB memory capacity. The storage capacity could be expanded up to 16GB. The cost of this tablet is just ` 4,000.

Wishtel IRA - 

It has a 7 inch resistive touchscreen user interface. 256 MB internal RAM is also present in it to provide fastness to the device. It runs on the Android Gingerbread Operating System with 2GB internal storage capacity. It is very light to handle and its cost is ` 4,000.

If you have more then,tell us about that by leaving your comments below.

If this Helped you! Please take few Seconds and share it.

3G or Wi-Fi Tablet? Which is better choice?

If you are buying a tablet then what comes first in your mind? The connectivity option, Isn't it? You are thinking that which could be the better? 3G or Wi-Fi. There is a very large difference between 3G and Wi-Fi, it can be up to approximately ` 7,000. Then you are confused which to buy, don,t get confused we are explaining you some of the points by which it will be clear.

Price

There is a very  large difference in the price of the 3G tablets and the Wi-Fi tablets. You can take the example of the Sony S tablet which costs ` 29,999 for the 3G model but it costs ` 22,999 only for the Wi-Fi model. Apple Ipad 2 has also much difference in its models. It is of the cost of ` 44,900 for the 64 GB Wi-Fi + 3G model whereas only ` 36,500 for the Wi-Fi model. The difference is of the ` 8,400.

Options for smartphones

Now, tablets are not widely used for the calling purpose. These are used for the running videos, data consumption and video chatting. All these require the Wi-Fi or the 3G connection. If you are travelling, you can get the Wi-Fi hence, 3G is not required. By this you can say that 3G should not be on your tablet. Many of the users have the Wi-Fi tethering service on their tablet which makes the smartphone as the Wi-Fi router and they can experience the 3G.

Other Options

If you have no smartphone and you are planning to buy it then don't go for the 3G, buy a Wi-Fi smartphone. You will be saved for the ` 7,000. Then you can buy a smartphone from this money. You can choose many of the Android smartphones such as Galaxy Y, Motorola Fire, Galaxy Pop, LG Optimus Net and many other.

If you have already a smartphone but it don't have the Wi-Fi then you can use a dongle which can costs up to the 3,500 to 4,000. This way you can get the Wi-Fi on your smartphone.


Is this helped you? If so, then comment and share it below.

If this Helped you! Please take few Seconds and share it.

World's most Cheapest Tablet PC

Tata Nano has released the World’s Cheapest Tablet PC ,the 
Aakash Tablet PC which was earlier known as Sakshat Tablet. It 
comes with Android v2.2 (Froyo) with 7 Inch display. The expected 
price in India is Rs. 2500.It was launched on October 5th 2011 at 
a function in Delhi,India.




Features

Display: 7-inch with resistive touch screen (800×480 resolution)
OS: Android* v2.2 (Froyo)
Weight: Around 360 gms
Keyboard: Built In
RAM: 256MB
Connectivity: USB port, WiFi**, 3.5mm Jack
Internal Memory: 2GB
Expandable Memory: 32GB
Battery: 3 hours (2100mAh Battery)
Supported File Formats: DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, XLS, XLSX, ODT, ODP
Processor: 366 Mhz. Connexant with Graphics accelerator and HD Video processor
Supported Image Formats: PNG, JPG, BMP and GIF
Supported Audio Formats: MP3, AAC, AC3, WAV, WMA
Supported Video Formats: MPEG2, MPEG4, AVI, FLV
Applications: PDF Viewer, Text Editor

* Android Market cannot be accessed.

** WiFi will be available after 3 months which will change the price of Aakash Tablet PC to Rs. 3000.

Note:This phone is mainly launched for educational purpose.
Visit aakashtablet.com and book your Aakash Tablet Online.

How To Buy Akash Ubislate Tablet PC

We all know that Akash is the worlds cheapest tablet and everyone is eagerly waiting to put hands on Akash Tablet PC.Well the wait is over.Now you can Pre-Book Akash Tablet.

Tablet Akash and its cheapest  price has been able to generate so much curiosity worldwide and many other countries have also shown an interest in launching this kind of  tablet for their country people.

How To Pre-Book Akash Tablet?

Aakash Tablet to be Delivered within Seven Days (7 Days) with Cash on Delivery Payment method.

Presently it will be delivered only to selected few individuals at a price of Rs. 2500 as company has recieved pre-booking orders more than what it can deliver currently.So, it is expected that currently only 40000 individuals may be able to get Aakash tablet delivered and rest of the people will have to wait for their turn to get Aakash tablet.Many people when taking a online booking for Akash Tablet on official websites like aakashtablet.com and datawind.com found that the sites are down or unaccessible(or getting error like – HTTP Error 503. The service is unavailable). This is because of the heavy simultaneous access and usage of these websites by thousands of people worldwide.If you find these sites as down or unaccessible just wait for sometime before accessing it again.Aakash tablet is available only for online sale only and that too with the cash on delivery (CoD) payment method.

Pre-Book Akash Tablet From Below Websites:

Akashtablet.com  and datawind.com

Akash Tablet Features and Specifications:

• Connexant Processor
• 256MB RAM
• 2GB Internal memory + Micro SD Card Slot
• 7” inch (480×800 pixels) Resistive Touchscreen
• Wireless Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g + GPRS
• Email/Facebook/Twitter
• Office Document Viewer (DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, XLS, XLSX, ODT, ODP and PDF)
• Media Player Video (AVI, FLV and MP4/Mpeg)
• Audio Player (AAC, AC3, MP3, WAV, WMA)
• USB Port + 3.5mm Connector
• Battery Life up to 3 Hours

Akash Ubislate 7 Price in India: MRP Rs. 2,999/- INR

Drawbacks of Akash Tablet PC:

1.Battery Backup:Only 3 hours of Battery Back up

2.Speed:Akash is slowest tablet in the market with 366mhz processor.

3.Connectivity:If the tablet is meant to go into the hands of people who cannot afford a computer, I wonder how they would afford to pay for its connectivity. Even if they can afford internet connectivity, broadband internet is not all that easily available in rural parts of India.It has a WiFi card along with support for GPRS. GPRS is ridiculously slow and prohibitively expensive. The other option of is WiFi connectivity, but even that is not easily available.

Anyways we should be proud on our Indian Government for releasing world cheapest Akash Tablet.

The world’s first folding tablet versus iPad

Sony has launched the world’s first folding tablet computer- Tablet P- in Berlin. This latest offering from Sony is being touted as a rival to Apple’s iPad. The tablet has got two 5.5 inch touch screens that can be folded in the middle. According to Sony you can easily slip the tablet inside your jacket pocket. It can also be easily fitted inside your handbag. The user has got the option of running separate programs on the two screens. For example on one screen a person can watch his favourite video and at the same can reply to an important office email using the second screen.

The world’s first folding tablet versus iPad

Sony has launched the world’s first folding tablet computer- Tablet P- in Berlin. This latest offering from Sony is being touted as a rival to Apple’s iPad. The tablet has got two 5.5 inch touch screens that can be folded in the middle. According to Sony you can easily slip the tablet inside your jacket pocket. It can also be easily fitted inside your handbag. The user has got the option of running separate programs on the two screens. For example on one screen a person can watch his favourite video and at the same can reply to an important office email using the second screen.

AAKASH: THE NANO OF THE TABLET WORLD 0 comments

Aakash is a really light tablet with impressive design and form factor. And DataWind is working on a 5 inch Android smartphone and 9 and 10 inch tablets as well.

In 2009 Tata launched the world's cheapest car at Rs 1 lakh. It was dubbed the car for the masses and now DataWind, in association with IIT Rajasthan, has launched world's cheapest 7 inch tablet, Aakash at Rs 2,250. The device aims to bring India's masses onto the information highway.

India pioneers in innovations aimed at making the lives of common people easier at an affordable price and Aakash is the step in that direction.

Aakash world's cheapest internet device was conceived under the Human Resources and Development Ministry's National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NME-ICT) to provide students a device that could be used as an Ebook reader, to access online streaming course material and web based research.

Under NME-ICT, the government intends to deliver 10 million tablets to post-secondary students across India. The target price of the 10 million units is Rs 1,750 per unit.

Not limited to students, Aakash offers anybody that wants to access web, social networking, instant messaging, multimedia, games and hundreds of thousands of applications, through a durable and affordable mobile device.

First impression: Aakash

When I took Aakash in my hand for the first time, I was impressed by how it felt. The 7 inch tablet gets a big thumbs up for its design, and for weighing just 350 gm.

The tablet surprisingly has very decent specifications as well. It has Android 2.2 Froyo operating system, which most low cost smartphones run on. While it has a very small 366 MHz processor, to improve performance there is an HD video co-processor and graphic accelerator, and 256 MB of RAM. But watching regular HD movies on the device could be difficult.

While surfing the tablet I didn't see the icon for Android Marketplace in the menu, but a DataWind executive said the model for sale will have it though he didn't clarify why it's been left out in the model meant for college students.

The touchscreen is a 7 inch unit and uses resistive technology, which is not as good as capacitive, but is okay considering the price. Connectivity options include built in WiFi support and the ability to connect a data card for 3G and GPRS connectivity. There are two USB ports, and Aakash has 2 GB of built in memory. It comes with a 2 GB microSD slot and supports external memory up to 32 GB. The USB port can also be used to attach an external camera.

The browser used in the tablet is called UBI Surfer, which has been developed by DataWind and is said to be ten times faster than any mobile browser. I was not able to check its surfing capabilities because there was no WiFi network.

Aakash supports popular file formats like .doc, .docx, .pdf, .pptx and has a 3.5 mm standard stereo headphone jack. It has a 2,100 mAh battery which can last for about 3 hours depending upon usage.

The tablet comes with a leather case which not only protects the device but also doubles up as a keyboard case so that tablet can be used as a netbook as well. For that though the user has to connect the cover with a USB port.

The tablet has two buttons one at the side panel which is a power on button and the other on the front panel which is the home button.

What can consumers expect?

DataWind, a Canadian company that is manufacturing Aakash, will begin selling the tablet through retail stores by the end of November at Rs 2,999.

Suneet Singh Tuli, chief executive officer of DataWind said, "Commercially we will be selling Aakash under the brand name of UbiSlate with a one year warranty."

He added that the tablet in the open market will have a SIM slot and will link to Android Market. Tuli further said, "We are in talks with two mobile service providers in India to offer an internet plan at Rs 99 per month bundled with the tablet when it is commercially available because we want people to have an affordable tablet along with an affordable data plan."

Tuli said, "Apart from Android market we are also working on incorporating some value added service (VAS) for addressing the entertainment needs of Indian consumers."

About the processor he said, "The next stock on the tablets will have a 600 MHz processor and we are also working on a 1.2 GHz processor for the next version of the tablet."

In the pipeline

DataWind has many products under it sleeves for the Indian masses and the company has no plans to compete with the likes of Apple or Samsung.

Tuli said to The Mobile Indian, "Products from Samsung and Apple are for the elite class and we cannot match them at the price we are offering our products. We are making good quality products in India for Indians at an affordable price."

Regarding the next product DataWind is going to launch, Tuli said, "By the end of the year we will have a 5 inch Android 2.2 smartphone at a price which will not put any burden on the pocket of consumers who currently buy low end feature phones to meet their communication needs."

On the future course of action, he said, "We have not set a time frame for future launches but we are working on 9 inch and 10 inch Android tablets. They will have capacitive touchscreens and we will try to keep them under Rs 5,000."

While the tablet looks quite attractive as far as price and form factor are concerned, the public's response is yet to be seen when it is available in the retail market. But we are sure that it will not disappoint users who have been using low cost handsets for a long time and now plan to experience a tablet at an affordable price.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Buying Akash Tablet

Now a days, Akash tablet is on the headline. Many of us want to buy it but we think that it is better to buy it or not. Here we are giving some of the points may be by that your confusion can be cured. See the advantages and disadvantages below. 

Advantages to buy this tablet—

•       The first and main advantage of Akash tablet is its low price. You cannot get any of the tablets or smartphones on such a low amount. You can get it at the low cost of Rs.3000. It is available on about $35 {Rs.1500} about half for the students.
•         This tablet is fully touch screen and very stylish to operate.
•         It has 2Gb internal memory and capable to bear the 32Gb external memory. It is enough to hold 350 apps or about 40-50 movies.
•         It comes with the Android 2.2 Frovo with 15k pre-installed apps.
•         It supports generally all the formats for the images, videos and audios.
•         Functions for the many school and college students are very good. 256 Mb RAM and 366Ghz is relatively good to run ppt/pdf files.
•         The commercial version of Akash comes with the many features which makes it separate with any other ones. It supports GPRS, We-Fe, 3G and Sim facility. It allows faster data access and use of tablet as smartphone to call.

• As government is sponsoring the Akash tablet on the behalf of Datawind, you can be assure of better after sale services.
• Price of Akash tablet will go down every year, as said by Datawind. Every year prices will be tried to decrease and with the many functions.

Disadvantages for this tablet— 

• It comes with the 2100mAh battery which lasts up to 4 hours if you are reading e-books but if you are watching HD movies then it will last up to 3 hours only which is very less than all the other ones in the market.
•  You know that the processor is the main module of any gadget and you can imagine that how the gadgets like Akash tablet can be good by having such a small processor and with a slow speed.
•   It does not have webcam or a camera even for the video chatting. If you are much eager of video chatting then you will need to insert an external webcam.
•   Very less customer care centres are there which are situated in the metropolitan cities and if you have any problem then you are locked.
•     It does not make sense to expect a multi touch screen on the cheaper device. But we think the display device is worse than you think.
•     Due to it low speed, it speeds up quickly which is the major problem that should be checked.
•    So, with this tablet do not image as the display like the other iphone touch in this one.
•    You haveWe-Fe and USB ports to access to the internet but you don’t think so that you can connect to the GPRS and Bluetooth for the internet. It has no facility to connect with the GPRS and Bluetooth.
• Akash comes with the Android 2.2 but you can’t access Android marketplace to download new apps and games.

Don't forget to tell us your view on Akash Tablet by commenting below.