Upgraded Aakash to be launched in April

An upgraded version of the Aakash tablet will be launched in the next month. The feel-good facter is that there would be no price hike at all. This information was given by the HRD minister Mr. Kapil Sibal. This should pull in more customers towards the Aakash tablet.

The upgrade includes a higher performing battery with extra life. The tablet can have three hours of backup along with an improved screen. Aakash is tagged as the world’s cheapest tablet priced at slightly more than INR 2000. There will be the 700 MHz Cortex A8 processor along with a 3200mAH battery. The display will certainly be enchanting with a smooth touch screen.

It was decided that there would be a first batch of 100,000 tablets which would target the students who are pursuing higher technical education. The aim of having these students use this tablet first was to gain the technical knowledge about the performance of the tablet.

Datawind is short of the manufacturing capacities as of now. That is why ITI Rajasthan and BHEL will be looking into the production as well.