Even if not exactly on time, Datawind has made sure that 1,00,000 units of the Aakash 2 reach IIT Bombay, even as it has proven various speculations of failed production, wrong. When the news of one of the most inexpensive tablets meant for students in India had been announced, it spoke of the company’s promises to deliver the stated number of slates by March 31.
The manufacturer’s intentions were suspected when it was unable to conjure more than 20,000 units by the early weeks of March. This in turn even affected the final target of 5 million slates, a benchmark which had been set by the HRD last year. Nevertheless, the OEM has denied all these allegations revealing that the shipping has begun right on time and at it has gone ahead to provide the original timetable so as to back its statement.
In any case, the units are finally here and have been delivered to IIT Bombay with a 12-month warranty. In spite of carrying the a lower retail value compared to any other tablet in the market currently, the slate offers fairly good components like the onboard Cortex A8 processor clocked at 1GHz and 512MB of RAM.
Even though Android Ice Cream Sandwich happens to be the preferred platform, at the given MRP who’s complaining? The tablet makes it possible to see visuals across a screen territory of 7 inches at a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels.
Users will have to rely on the VGA camera embedded on the front panel which is the one and only medium to satiate their imaging needs if any. Over and above an internal storage capacity of 4GB, the slab facilitates expansions of up to 32GB. Even though the power of the battery hasn’t been revealed, the company says that the device should run for up to 180 minutes.
The Aakash 2 has been made available to students at an amount of Rs. 2,263. Commercially, it can be picked up at Rs. 3,999. Two months ago, there had been estimations citing the UbiSlate 7C+ to arrive in the form of the third generation slab in this low-budget series dedicated for students.
Specifications:
– 1GHz Cortex A8 processor
– Android 4.0 OS
– 7-inch multi-touch capacitive display
– 800 x480 pixel resolution
– VGA front-mounted camera
– 4GB onboard memory, expandable up to 32GB
– 512MB of RAM
– Up to 180 minutes of battery life