difference between AAKASH & UBISLATE'7
Both Ubislate and Aakash Tablet have almost same Specs. There are some small difference which made Ubislate a better tablet than Aakash. Here are they…
First one is SIM Card support. In India GPRS plan is available for throwaway prices. With Ubislate you can insert your SIM card and browse internet with GPRS. This is really a helpful for peoples from rural areas since most of the rural areas don't have Broadband connection. And also we can make call with Ubislate as like mobile phone. Aakash tablet lack GPRS and Calling feature.
Another important problem with Aakash tablet is that it won't support Android Market. Android market is very essential to download apps and games. Ubislate supports Android market and again proves that it is better than Aakash Tablet.
Even though the price is somewhat high Ubislate has decent specs than Aakash Tablet. If money is not a matter for you then go with Ubislate
Sunday, 30 October 2011
Saturday, 29 October 2011
we get the tab in schools from december
the tablets will be distributed in public schools from this December 2011.
Does India's budget tablet computer work?
The Aakash tablet's pros and cons
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
Size and weight | Inferior touch screen |
Low price | Low battery life |
Memory card slot | Limited apps India's recently launched Aakash is the world's cheapest touch-screen tablet computer - with an off-the-shelf price of about $60. Should we all run out to buy one? In this tablet-crazy age, you'd think a $60 hand-held Android tablet might trigger midnight queues and riots. Or at least get tech columnists really excited. But India's super cheap tablet was launched to a less-than-rousing reception, thanks to a history of false starts and hype. When first announced, the Aakash prototype turned out to be not much more than an oversized memory box. Its ancestor, the functional hand-held Simputer, had flopped over and died. This tablet started its life as Sakshat, with a $35 subsidised price tag for students. In its shipping form, it's called Aakash, and it will cost 2,999 rupees ($62). I wasn't expecting much when I took it out of the box, but I was pleasantly surprised. This wasn't another shoddy prototype: it was a full production unit, packaged and shrink-wrapped and "properly" factory-made. I liked the almost-pocketable size and weight, which reminded me of Samsung's 7" Galaxy Tab, a very capable and underrated Android tablet that died before its prime. But there, the similarities with the Tab ended. The Aakash wouldn't start until charged for about five minutes. We're rather used to out-of-the-box power on; this device does not appear to hold charge for long even when switched off (it should have been factory-charged, for testing). Mixed feelingsMy first action on screen, the Android "unlock" swipe, showed up the rough edges of the display technology. To cut costs, the Aakash uses a resistive touch-screen, instead of the now common capacitive variety. Resistive touch uses a pressure-sensitive overlay, and is better suited to a stylus than a bare finger. The Aakash's touch sensitivity and speed are lower than what we're used to with today's touch-screens. (Resistive touch can be very precise, but is rarely so in the cheaper varieties.) It also uses lower specs than we're now used to with tablets and netbooks. There's 256 MB of memory and 2GB of storage (tablets start at 512MB and 16GB today), and a slow 366 MHz processor (a third of the 1GHz norm). There's built-in wi-fi in this basic Aakash tablet. Another version, which I could not get hold of, has GPRS data connectivity, with 3G planned later. What they've added on beyond the average tablet is two USB sockets. I have mixed feelings about this probably-unique feature in the tablet world. USB lets you use cheap "memory sticks", but having that stick jutting out of the top of a small tablet can make it unwieldy. And two of these slots? The micro-SD card slot is a good thing, and I miss that in my iPad (Apple doesn't believe in expandability). So what about the "made in India" part? The Aakash Ubislate is assembled in DataWind's Hyderabad factory. The plant has a capacity of about 2,000 units a month, to be "eventually" ramped up to 100,000 a month. As you'd expect in this global age, parts are sourced from all over the world. To try to "make" everything in any one country, whether India or the US, would be stupid. About a 10th of the components, by value, are locally sourced. And the overall design (including adding USB!), the integration and the testing are probably all Indian. None of this is trivial. If you're an Android user, the big thing you'll miss on the Aakash is the Android Market. That's where you'd usually go to for downloading or buying apps, as with Apple's App Store. Instead, there is GetJar, a relatively limited service mostly selling apps for phones. The tablet's low-end specs are probably a good reason to limit functionality and apps. But removing Android Market does mean no access to the hundreds of thousands of Android tablet apps out there. The other reason could be application focus: so that students using the Aakash stay with a limited set of apps, both to avoid distraction, and to avoid slowing things down to unusable levels. All this would be less relevant if there were great educational content ready. There isn't. Yes, delivering a tablet for $60 has taken hard work, extraordinary sourcing and some innovation. But this is just a part of the uphill road to a successful device that could change education in India. There are many more pieces needed to complete that picture. As the Simputer in India and so many iPad-wannabe tablets in the world have shown, it isn't about the hardware. Great hardware is a sine qua non, but what you really need are the apps and content ecosystem. While the courseware development happens, the world will move on, with even better tablets that leave the Aakash further behind. And while I like the 7" size for its portability, students will find it less friendly than a 10" display for educational apps. But yes, that would cost more. And the battery is rated for three hours; we got a bit over two. The Aakash warms up in use. That means precious battery power is going away as heat. So every school kid who uses it will probably need a charging socket in their desk. And that's not likely to happen soon. Leaving it to charge repeatedly in common areas is not practical, for a variety of reasons. Cheaper plastics and a flimsy screen cover don't bode well for heavy student use. Nor for serviceability: after removing the inside screws, I couldn't put them back because the plastic threads had slipped. Probably the biggest challenge for the Aakash will be to keep up with the times. That's what killed the Simputer - other than apps, by the time they tweak it and test it, portable computers will have jumped a generation. Which is why it makes little sense to spend this much time and effort in "made in India" development. So what other device could the Indian government have picked to subsidise? My bet would be either a cheap standard netbook, or an ultra-cheap, usable e-book reader that instantly access the vast amount of almost-ready content. points- The Aakash is mainly aimed at students Cheapest... but the Aakash has limitations The low battery life of the tablet is a concern |
Features and Specifications of Aakash Tablet
Display- Aakash Tablet has a 7 inch resistive touch screen with 800 x 480 pixel resolution.
Operating System- Akash Tab runs Android 2.2 (Froyo).
Processor- It has got a single core 366 MHz processor plus a HD video co-processor, 256 MB RAM and 2GB internal flash memory.
Supported Multimedia Formats- Aakash Tablet supports Image formats like .png, .jpg, .gif, .bmp. Supported Video Formats include MPEG2, MPEG4, AVI and FLV. The Tablet also supports audio formats such as MP3, AAC, AC3, WAV and WMA.
External Connectors- Aakash Tablet supports Mini and Full USB, has got two SD card slots (memory expandable up-to 32GB), a SIM card slot, Video Out, a 3.5 mm headphone jack support and HDMI port.
Internet Connectivity- Aakash is a Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g enabled Tablet with a Web Browser having Standards Compliance, xHTML 1.1 compliant, JavaScript 1.8 compliant and safety compliance. It also offers separate software for online YouTube videos.
App Store- Akash Tab supports more than 150000 apps to keep you entertained throughout the day.
Battery- The 50 gram Tablet has a 2100mAh battery with a standby time of 3-4 hours.
Supported Document Formats- The supported document formats include DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, XLS, XLSX, ODT and ODP. The Tablet has also got PDF Viewer and Text Editor.
Aakash in Hindi Language means ‘Sky’ and probably the device is ready to reach the same height. The main target of this tablet is students who always admired Tablets but had to murder their feelings due to lack of money. Aakash has all the basic features which are frequently used by everyone and can be easily bought by the students just by saving their pocket money for a few days. Though it is disappointing that the Tablet does not have a camera and will not have access to Android Market, we cannot expect so much at such a price. Overall the Tablet is a very good deal for everyone.
Friday, 7 October 2011
aakash tablet
This blog was updated with quotes from officials and more details about the Aaakash tablet. Scroll to the end for tech specifications.
After over a year’s wait since a prototype was first shown to reporters last year, proud Indian officials publicly unveiled the world’s cheapest tablet computer on Wednesday.
At least that’s what Indian officials and hardware developers at the New Delhi launch appear to be hoping.
DataWind Ltd. Chief Executive Suneet Singh Tuli, whose company is manufacturing the product, said at the launch that along the way he heard a lot of skepticism, including that “it can’t be done by Indians.”
“This is a made-in-India product,” said Mr. Tuli. “Thank you for giving me the opportunity to do this.”
The tablet, which was developed in partnership with IIT Rajasthan, actually costs closer to $50 – the government is paying 2,250 rupees each for the first 100,000 batch of them, according to DataWind. Previously it was referred to as the Sakshat tablet, but now it’s being called “Aakash,” or “sky.”
Mr. Tuli said at the launch that the goal is to get the price down to $35, and eventually maybe to $10.
A clearly overjoyed Kapil Sibal, the human resources development minister, whose ministry oversaw the development of the device, billed it as India’s as a gift to the world’s children – and an anti-poverty tool.
“Today we demonstrate to the world that we will not falter in our resolve to secure our future for our children,” he said. “Let me not limit the achievements of this great enterprise to only our children…this is for all of you who are disempowered.”
IIT Rajasthan director Prem Kalra, also at the launch, said India would one day be known as a “hardware hub,” rather than a software hub.
About 500 students from government engineering schools were at the launch and were among the first to get their very own Aakash devices. These students will be field-testing the devices and will have to provide feedback within 45 days, for the next version.
Suyash Katiyar, a 21-year-old student who was at the launch, said he was pleased to see icons for developer tools and Facebook on the main screen, as a well as the option to use a QWERTY keyboard. He did say at first brush it was a little slow and the “resistive” touchscreen meant that he had to press quite hard at times. This could make fast-paced five-fingered typing a little difficult.
Aakash will only be available to Indian graduate students, but there will be a commercial version, too. Called UbiSlate, it will cost around $70.
Mr. Sibal warned the audience that some tech watchers might mock the device but he suggested that Indians should say this to naysayers: “It is not the device that is crude, it is your comments that are crude.”
Technical specifications:
Operating system: Android 2.2
Screen: 7″ resistive
Processor: 366 MHz + HD video co-processor
RAM: 256 MB
Flash memory: 2GB + 2GB Micro-SD (expandable up to 32 GB)
USB ports: 2
Network: WiFi (GPRS & 3G options)
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