India launched Indian Rupees 1,500 ($30) laptop/Tablet PC for students and teachers in colleges and universities. The device is currently not available for sale in the market as government has decided to launch it for students in 2011.
According to reports, it is clear that the laptops would see a noticeable fall in their price which would be lesser by IRs 4,800.
As a part of India’s National Mission for Education, Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT) 504 universities and 25,000 colleges countrywide would be the recipients of these laptops.
Nearly two years after it announced its intention to launch a low-cost computing device, the Indian government today demoed Aakash, now the world’s lowest priced computing/internet device at $46 (Rs 2,250). Other cheap tablet PC initiatives by private companies include ‘Magnum’ by LACS, a division of the Bangalore-based Devraj group, priced at $99. Beetel of the Bharti group priced its ‘Magiq’ tablet PC at Rs 9,999 ($200) while Reliance Communications’ Reliance 3G Tab costs Rs 12,999 ($265). Aakash, launched by communications and IT minister Kapil Sibal today, is designed, developed and manufactured by DataWind, in partnership with IIT Rajasthan, under the HRD ministry’s Mission on Education Through Information and Communication Technology (NME-ICT).
The government is buying 100,000 tablets from DataWind at an all-inclusive price of $46 (Rs 2,250) a unit. However, under NME-ICT, the target price for 10 million units is Rs 1,750 ($35) a unit. DataWind eventually plans to bring it down to $10 (around Rs 500) a unit.
The Aakash is a seven-inch Android 2.2 touch screen tablet that has an HD video co-processor for a multimedia experience and core graphics accelerator for faster application support, as also DataWind’s UbiSurfer browser. The device includes Wi-Fi connectivity and support for optional 3G modems. Two full-sized USB ports are integrated into the unit allowing pen-drives, external keyboards, webcams, dongles and other inexpensive peripherals to be attached, according to DataWind CEO Suneet Singh Tuli. DataWind is also offering a leather keyboard case with the packageThis project was the outcome of experts coming together with the IT specialists at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras and IIT Bombay. The laptops are going to be given out by HRD ministry of India.
By 2011, the newbies, who wish to try their hands on computers would get funding of 50 per cent on the purchase of each product. India has planned to reduce the price of the computer by IRs 4,800. It is also an effort to offer the high definition interactive education.
The Centre purports that the laptops would be offered at such a low price because they are a source of spreading literacy via technological methods.
Initially, when the low priced laptop were being planned to introduce, the officials ruled out that its price would be around IRs 500. But, now it would be almost three times the price that was estimated earlier.
The project of launching this product is running successfully and it would be available to students, about after five to six months. It is been reported that the low cost laptop would be low in price but the final price of the product would be determined depending upon the transportation cost.
India launches world's cheapest tablet PC. Published on October 6, 2011 by admin. News4u – Business Desk : The world's cheapest tablet PC, costing Rs 2276 launched on Thursday and it will be available at around half this price to students
India with comparison and price. There are many tablet pc in India like Apple iPad2, Samsung galaxy tablet, Motorola Xoom, HCL tablet, Wespro tablet, LG optimus and Dell streak tablets. In recent times, Indians have started buying tablet pc and there has been a boom in this industry. I recently been to one of the electronics stores and got chance to try my hands on Apple iPad2, Dell streak and Samsung galaxy. I am planning to buy a tablet PC hence doping an extensive research on best tablet PC in India and have come to conclusion that no tablet PC is the best however they are giving tough competition to each other. So now lets have a look at the various tablets PC available in the Indian market.
Apple iPad 2
Apple is the undisputed leader in the tablet PC market, first iPad by Apple was not a huge hit in the market as it did not have the PDF reader, flash compatibility and many other features too. Apple realised this thing and came up with iPad 2 and no doubt this time they came up with many features and became the leader in the tablet market. iPad 2 has amazing operating system and gives it amazing speed and power, apart from this it comes up with damn cool smart cover and dual camera. Now when we look at the various features of Apple iPad 2, it is is below,
Connectivity: wi-fi and 3G, bluetooth 2.1, Operating system: iOS 4.3. Sensors with Ambient light sensor and Gyro. Weight: Wi-Fi Model- 601g and with wi-fi and 3G: 613g and Camera: dual camera, one at the front and one at the back.
Price in India of Apple iPad 2 is 34,900.
Wespro ePad : Cheapest in India
Wespro ePad is till now the cheapest tablet PC in India as it is available for 6,999 INR, Wespro tablet has 7 inch screen with Android 2.1 OS. Its memory is expandable up to 32 GB with wi-fi, internet surfing, YouTube, Yahoo messenger. Its weight is 420 gm and battery back up is 4-5 hours and comes with Li-polymer 7.4V 1400mAh and size of this tablet is 20.3 x 13.6 x 1.0 cm. It has memory of 2 GB , wi-fi, sound card, USA port, microphone and speakers. In India, it comes up with price of 6,999 rupees.
Samsung Galaxy Tab
This is another ripper of a tablet in Indian market, it comes with 7 inch multi touch display with the latest android OS 2.2. It comes with 3G, wi-fi connectivity, bluetooth 3.0. It has dual camera too and it has resolution of 1.3 mega pixel and 3 mega pixel, it has amazing Cortex A8 1.0GHz processor with 4000 mAh battery which will give it long battery back up. It also come with full HD video player and video recording. Price of Samsung galaxy tab in India is only 23,5000. It is not one of the cheapest however Samsung galaxy is loaded with many features and one of the best tablet PC in India.
HCL Tablet PC
HCL tablet is another one of the cheapest tablet PC in India, when it was launched it came with the price of 14,990 rupees. HCL tablet comes in black color body and comes in three variants. Variants with minimum features comes with the price of 14,990 rs. and it is named as HCl ME tablet AE7-A1. HCl ME tablet AE7-A1 has 7 inch screen, android 2.2 OS, 256 MB ram and 2 Gb internal memory. The nest variant HCl ME tablet AM-A1 comes for 25,500 rupees and has cortex processor, 512 MB ram and 8 GB memory. The last variant has price of 32,990.
Dell Streak 5 Android Tablet
Dell has also come in the tablet market and they have come with the smaller screen but powerful tablet PC. It come with 5 inch screen and 2.2 Android OS, with touch screen. Its a perfect book reader and it is possible because of powerful processor of 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon. It come with video recording with 5 mega pixel camera and amazing battery back up. I have tried my hands on this amazing Dell streak and let me tell you this is one amazing gadget. price of Dell streak in India is 24,500.
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