Cheapest Indian tablet Aakash to be available at $50

 India had promised a 35$ Tablet couple of years ago, well it has become a reality now. Eventhough the price margin has gone up a bit, it still remains to be the cheapest of the lot. 50$-60$(Less than Rs.3000) is the estimated price of this tablet. This is how the tablet would look with at $7(Rs.300) keyboard.

The specs are not so good, but its well worth for 50$. Here is how the rig works.


Aakash UbiSlate 7 Specifications
Hardware:

• Processor: 366 Mhz 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):  1 Standard USB port
• Audio out: 3.5mm jack / Audio in: 3.5mm jack
• Display and Resolution: 7” display with 800x480 pixel resolution
• Input Devices: Resistive touch screen
• Connectivity and Networking: 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.
 To make these look even better, the Govt. would be giving a subsidy of Rs.750 for Educational purposes making this tablet available for the earlier promised cost. In short, it would be available for Rs.1500(35$) for educational institutions! Check out the product review from NDTV below.