wraggster
October 28th, 2011, 21:47
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2011/10/aakash-tablet-on-white-background.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/27/35-aakash-android-tablet-gets-the-hands-on-treatment/)
While everyone was in a tizzy about Amazon's $199 Kindle Fire (http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/28/amazon-kindle-fire-impressions/) price point, the Indian government was busily working to help bring out the $35 Aakash Android tablet (http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/05/indias-35-tablet-is-here-for-real-called-aakash-costs-60/). The tablet was developed with similarly good intentions as OLPC's XO laptop (http://www.engadget.com/tag/olpc+xo/) before it -- an attempt to get low-cost computing devices into the hands of students. One of the tablets landed in the VentureBeat offices this week. The site spent some hands-on time with the Froyo slate, and mostly liked what it saw, noting that seeming compromises made for price and a speedy release date ultimately benefit the whole of the device. The tablet will start hitting India next month, at the $35 government-subsidized pricepoint (actual retail price is a still mega-cheap $60).
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/27/35-aakash-android-tablet-gets-the-hands-on-treatment/
While everyone was in a tizzy about Amazon's $199 Kindle Fire (http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/28/amazon-kindle-fire-impressions/) price point, the Indian government was busily working to help bring out the $35 Aakash Android tablet (http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/05/indias-35-tablet-is-here-for-real-called-aakash-costs-60/). The tablet was developed with similarly good intentions as OLPC's XO laptop (http://www.engadget.com/tag/olpc+xo/) before it -- an attempt to get low-cost computing devices into the hands of students. One of the tablets landed in the VentureBeat offices this week. The site spent some hands-on time with the Froyo slate, and mostly liked what it saw, noting that seeming compromises made for price and a speedy release date ultimately benefit the whole of the device. The tablet will start hitting India next month, at the $35 government-subsidized pricepoint (actual retail price is a still mega-cheap $60).
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/27/35-aakash-android-tablet-gets-the-hands-on-treatment/