DataWind in association with the Government of India came out with a 7 inch Android tablet for students. Named Aakash, the tablet costs Rs 2,999 in the market; while its subsidised rate is just Rs 2,250.
Aakash, which was hailed as the cheapest tablet in the world, was projected as revolutionary and was talked about the world over. In fact, its makers got lakhs of preorders.
Before the euphoria could die down, though, public sector telecom operator BSNL has come out with an extremely low cost tablet of its own. Manufactured by Noida based Pantel Technologies, the Penta IS701R tablet has WiFi and is priced at Rs 3,499.
Availability
DataWind, the Canadian company that is manufacturing Aakash, The company has said that Aakash will be available in stores by March, but there has been a lot of flip flop on DataWind's side.
BSNL's Penta IS701R will be available in retail stores and BSNL outlets across the country by March 1.
Virendra Singh, managing director of Pantel Technologies, said to The Mobile Indian, "We have the shipments ready and we will definitely see to it that our tablet reaches the store by March 1.”
As of now, though, neither tablet has yet hit the market.
- Hardware:
- Processor: 366 Mhz Connexant with Graphics accelerator and HD Video co-processor & graphics accelerator
- Memory (RAM): 256MB RAM / Storage (Internal): 2GB Flash
- Storage (External): 2GB card included. Expandable up to 32GB Supported
- Peripherals (USB2.0 ports, number): 2 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: GPRS and WiFi IEEE 802.11 a/b/g
- Power and Battery: Up to 180 minutes on battery. AC adapter 200-240 volt range.
- CE certification / RoHS certification
- 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
- Nimbuzz software
- Safety and other standards compliance
- CE certification / RoHS certification
- Additional Web Browser: UbiSurfer-Browser with compression/acceleration and IE8 rendering.
- Browse the web, watch Youtube® videos, check e-mail, and much more with Android™ 2.3.
- High-speed 1 GHz processor and DDRII 256MB RAM.
- Plays popular video, music, and photo formats.
- Download and Install Google Andriod apps.
- Connect to the Internet wirelessly with high-speed networking support (Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g) .
- Easy Access to Email, Office and Games.
- Experience Facebook and social networking at your fingertips.
- Seamless Digital Media Experience.
- E-Book Reader .
- Rechargeable lithium-polymer battery.
The Penta TPAD IS701R is a powerful tablet solution at an unbelievably affordable price you may never have dreamed of! An Android OS based system with a high resolution 7” resistive touch screen (TFT Display) coupled with a powerful 1GHz processor and inbuilt DDR II 256M RAM give you best performance in the entry level category. You have all the controls in a single finger touch mode. Browse web wirelessly or enjoy media playback on this entry level Penta TPAD. The built in 2GB memory can be expanded upto 32GB using the onboard TF Card slot. Features: Key word:Tablet pc.
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