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India's $45 tablet 'Aakash' fails to click in trials

At $45 apiece, Aakash was billed as the world’s cheapest tablet PC, a device that could potentially close the gap between the digital haves and have-nots and transform education in India, when it was launched in October by human resource development (HRD), communications and information technology minister Kapil Sibal​.                                      Some three months later, the HRD ministry is dissatisfied by the first field tests of Aakash and has decided to order fresh trials with an upgraded version of the device and a much larger sample size, two government officials said. In the first trials, students of institutions across the country tested 10,000 of the devices made by Canada-based DataWind Ltd. In the first trials, which started before the launch and were spread over a six-month period, Aakash was found to be wanting in processor speed, the quality of its touch s...

India to release its own tablet at $35

Usually,  $35  can’t be used to buy a lot of things especially not gadgets but fret not because now, for $35, people in India can get their own tablet  computer . Prior to this, India had also released a few other budget products such as a car at a cost of only $2000 and even a water purifier that costs a mere $15. All of this is done to help their poor citizens in their country. The tablet released was called  Aakash  which aims to help villagers from being in total poverty.  India  aims to target roughly 220 million children in their country so that these new generation will be able to contribute better to their society by giving them education through  technology . Originally priced at $45 per piece, the government plans to subsidize it to a price tag $35 which would be financially better for those that are in the hardcore poor category. India also plans to sell these  tablets  to more than 100,000 customers and over the next few yea...