Akash2 with ICS at 2280 Rs
Aakash 2 competes strongly with others in its range. It has better hardware, is new and improved and does everything else that other products in the range will do,” Datawind CEO Suneet Singh Tuli told Firstpost
Aakash v/s Aakash 2
Some of the big improvements in the Aakash 2, he said, were the capacitative screen (which makes for smoother touch interface), a longer battery life (four hours), faster processing speeds – with a 1 GHz processor and 512 MB RAM and flash memory doubled from 2MB to 4 MB – an additional front-facing VGA camera for video conferences and calls, a G-sensor and Android’s latest Ice Cream Sandwich OS.
Aakash 2 is the non-commercial version of Datawind’s Ubislate 7Ci tablet and will be available for schools and colleges alone through the Union Government. The government will purchase around 100,000 units of Aakash 2 from Datawind by the end of December, and the tablets will be available for students at a half-price discount of Rs. 1,132 through their schools and colleges. The Central Government, which is purchasing the tablets from Datawind at Rs. 2,263 each, will absorb the cost differential.
However, manufacturers and observers believe that Aakas 2′s biggest advantage over its competitors is its pricing.
“The fact that one can get so much processing power in Aakash 2 at this price makes it very functional,” Tuli said.
Although there are many more low-cost devices in the tablet market this year, Agarwal believes that the subsidised price of Rs. 1,132 for Aakash 2 is the best thing about it.
“The best feature has to be the pricing, especially after the government’s subsidy. Aakash 2 doesn’t offer anything new, hardware-wise, that other low-cost tablets don’t,” Agarwal told Firstpost.
While Datawind claims that Aakash 2 has a battery life of almost four hours, Agarwal, who used the Ubislate 7Ci (the commercial version of Aakash 2), said the tablet could do with better battery performance. ”The battery could have been better; currently it provides just about two hours of usage time,” he said.
Datawind’s ability to match up to the demand for its tablets is also on test. “What remains to be seen is whether Datawind can supply enough tablets. We still keep getting queries from our readers who had booked the Ubislate a year ago and still haven’t received the tablet,” Agarwal told Firstpost.
Tuli agrees that the demand for the product has been enormous. The company, he says, is trying to meet the demand as best as it could – which is by selling its products directly through its website and call centre.
Aakash 2 competes strongly with others in its range. It has better hardware, is new and improved and does everything else that other products in the range will do,” Datawind CEO Suneet Singh Tuli told Firstpost
Aakash v/s Aakash 2
Some of the big improvements in the Aakash 2, he said, were the capacitative screen (which makes for smoother touch interface), a longer battery life (four hours), faster processing speeds – with a 1 GHz processor and 512 MB RAM and flash memory doubled from 2MB to 4 MB – an additional front-facing VGA camera for video conferences and calls, a G-sensor and Android’s latest Ice Cream Sandwich OS.
Aakash 2 is the non-commercial version of Datawind’s Ubislate 7Ci tablet and will be available for schools and colleges alone through the Union Government. The government will purchase around 100,000 units of Aakash 2 from Datawind by the end of December, and the tablets will be available for students at a half-price discount of Rs. 1,132 through their schools and colleges. The Central Government, which is purchasing the tablets from Datawind at Rs. 2,263 each, will absorb the cost differential.
However, manufacturers and observers believe that Aakas 2′s biggest advantage over its competitors is its pricing.
“The fact that one can get so much processing power in Aakash 2 at this price makes it very functional,” Tuli said.
Although there are many more low-cost devices in the tablet market this year, Agarwal believes that the subsidised price of Rs. 1,132 for Aakash 2 is the best thing about it.
“The best feature has to be the pricing, especially after the government’s subsidy. Aakash 2 doesn’t offer anything new, hardware-wise, that other low-cost tablets don’t,” Agarwal told Firstpost.
While Datawind claims that Aakash 2 has a battery life of almost four hours, Agarwal, who used the Ubislate 7Ci (the commercial version of Aakash 2), said the tablet could do with better battery performance. ”The battery could have been better; currently it provides just about two hours of usage time,” he said.
Datawind’s ability to match up to the demand for its tablets is also on test. “What remains to be seen is whether Datawind can supply enough tablets. We still keep getting queries from our readers who had booked the Ubislate a year ago and still haven’t received the tablet,” Agarwal told Firstpost.
Tuli agrees that the demand for the product has been enormous. The company, he says, is trying to meet the demand as best as it could – which is by selling its products directly through its website and call centre.
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