New Delhi: The much awaited India's ultra-low-cost tablet - Aakash - is now up for sale. Datawind, the maker of the tablet, has put up the tablet for sale online. Priced at Rs 2,500, the tablet is said to be delivered within seven days. There is no pre payment and the company would take cash on delivery. Users, who are interested in buying the device, can visit the website www.aakashtablet.com and place the order. Powered by Android 2.2 (Froyo) OS, the 7-inch tablet has a resistive touch screen. The tablet weighs 350g and has 256 MB of RAM. The device has a Arm11 – 366Mhz microprocessor and a 2100mAh battery. It supports only Wi-Fi network.
However the upgraded version of Aakash, called the Ubislate 7, is scheduled to be launched late January. It has a Cortex A8 – 700 Mhz processor compared to the 366 MHz processor in Aakash. Running Android 2.3 OS, it will include a 3200 mAh battery. The device will support both WiFi and GPRS networks. It will be priced at Rs 2,999.
How to buy the Aakash tablet.
Step 1Visit http://www.aakashtablet.com/ and click on order now if you want to purchase the student version of Aakash tablet. If you want to place an order of upgraded version of Aakash tablet, Ubislate 7, click on pre-book.
Step 2
You will see a form in which you have to fill your name, last name , email, mobile no, shipping address, city , state and pin code. These all are compulsory fields.
Step 3
In case of booking the student version of Aakash tablet you will get a booking ID and a message which will state, "You will shortly receive an email confirmation from our support team with further details."
In case of pre booking users will get a confirmation message which will state, "The commercial version of the Akash UbiSlate 7 would be launched in early weeks of December. After the commercial launch we would get in touch with you to deliver your device as soon possible."
