AAKASH TABLET Review, Price and Specifications

Indian Government has taken an enormous stride in the Field of High-tech Education. They have come up with the cheapest Tablet device to date, the Ubislate (Aakash). Priced at a meager $50, Aakash Tablet is a unique step towards providing education to the modern students in a modern way.
Let's see how much capable this revolutionary really is....

Here are the Specifications of the Aakash Tablet-

• Hardware:
  
  
  
  • Processor: Connexant with Graphics accelerator and HD Video processor
  
  
  • Memory (RAM): 256MB RAM / Storage (Internal): 2GB Flash
  
  
  • Storage (External): 2GB to 32GB Supported
  
  
  • Peripherals (USB2.0 ports, number): 2 Standard USB port
  
  
  • Display and Resolution: 7” display with 800x480 pixel resolution
  
  
  • Input Devices: 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.


• Software:
  
  
  
  • OS: Android 2.2
  
  
  • Document Rendering


• Supported Document formats: DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, XLS, XLSX, ODT, ODP


• PDF viewer, Text editor

• Multimedia and Image Display
  
  
  
  • Image viewer supported formats: PNG, JPG, BMP and GIF
  
  
  • Supported audio formats: MP3, AAC, AC3, WAV, WMA
  
  
  • Supported video formats: MPEG2, MPEG4, AVI, FLV


• Communication and Internet
  
  
  
  • Web browser - Standards Compliance: xHTML 1.1 compliant, JavaScript 1.8 compliant
  
  
  • Separate application for online YouTube video
  
  
  • Safety and other standards compliance


• CE certification / RoHS certification
  
  
  
  • Other: Additional Web Browser: UbiSurfer-Browser with compression/acceleration and IE8 rendering.

Aakash is provided with Android v2.2(Froyo) and is running on 366 MHz ARM-11 chip. It has a 2100mAh battery. Firstly, talking about the OS, Android at such a low price tag is quite a tempting deal. But there are some limitations to the Aakash version of the Android. It does not support the Android market. All the apps have to be downloaded from external sites. But it has java support, so the apps run quite smoothly.

Aakash is running on a meager 366 MHz processor, so there are bound to be problems regarding speed in the tablet. Loading of pages in pdf  documents takes an eternity. The touch screen is also resistive in nature, so there is bound to be a compromise in quality and the problem is aggravated by the slow processor. Also, the backup of the battery is quite less.

It has WiFi functionality but no SIM card support.  But in such a low price, there are bound to be limitations.Overall, Aakash is no match to the I-Pad or the Galaxy tab but it was never meant to be their match either. It is launched keeping the students in focus and not profits or features. The device in no way is a high-end gadget but it serves the basic functions of a tablet for the students.

AAKASH (UBISLATE 7) PRICE - $50(~Rs.2,500)