Good-n-Bad Specs of the Cheapest Indian Tablet "Aakash"
Finally India has launched its own so claimed cheapest computer tablet in the world. It will come to the market in December with expected consumer end price of ₹1400-1700. Laced with many advance features such as touch-screen, Wi-Fi and HDMI, the tablet runs on Android 2.2 operating system.
Many key features are quite impressive but I am not happy with some of the limiting configuration. For students and less-needy person it is good. But a bit broader user may not expect it up to his needs.
"Aakash" Tablet configuration
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Price Range
₹1400-2500 (Expected)
Screen
7" (800x480 pixels) resistive touch-screen
CPU
366 MHz processor
GPU
on chip Graphics accelerator and HD Video processor
RAM
256 MB DDR2
Storage
2GB (Internal) Flash memory, expandable up to 32 GB (micro SD)
Power Consumption
2 Watts
Internal Battery
Non-removable 2100mAh rechargeable lithium-polymer battery
Charging Source
Solar charging, AC adapter
Expected Battery Runtime
Up to 3 hrs.
Connectivity
Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 a/b/g, GPRS
Ports
Ethernet, 2x USB 2.0, mini SD card slot, SIM card slot
Multimedia Interfaces
HDMI, 3.5mm Headphone jack, Video out
Warranty
1 year
Dimensions
190.5x118.5x15.7mm
Weight
350 gm
Software Configuration
Operating System
Android 2.2
Application Software
Web browser, video conferencing, media player and word processing software
Browser Capability
Java Script, PDF, JRE, online video streaming, Flash players
File Formats Supported
Image
PNG, JPG, BMP and GIF
Audio
MP3, AAC, AC3, WAV, WMA
Video
MPEG2, MPEG4, AVI, FLV
Document
PDF, DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, XLS, XLSX, ODT, ODP
Other
TXT, ZIP
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Sandeep Kumar
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