Over the past few days we have been reading about the numerous challenges faced by the Aakash project. Now, makers of the Aakash tablet would be challenged by a new rival. A report from the Times of India states that BSNL would be launching three low-cost tablets, in partnership with Pantel, a Noida based company.
Of the three, the cheapest one will be sold for Rs 3,250, a price that’s only a few hundred rupees higher than the commercial version of Aakash tablet. The 7-inch tablet will be powered by 1ghz processor and comes with 256MB RAM. It has a resistive screen and Android operating system. It will be sold with special data plans and 3G services from BSNL. The two other tablets priced at Rs 10,999 and Rs 13,500 respectively, come with capacitive screens and offer better touch sensitivity.
Meanwhile, the Union human resource development (HRD) ministry stated that it will be launching Aakash-2 tablets in April-May this year.
“Aakash-2 tablets, which are improvised tablets with a faster processor and a capacitive touch screen, will be launched in April-May. We will be making it available to college and university students at the same price as Aakash-1 tablets. After gauging its success at higher education level, we will make the tablets available for school students also,” said Union minister of state, HRD, Dr D Purandeswari.
The HRD ministry plans to invite bids for 5 million tablets in April. It will hand over the Aakash project to the Department of Information Technology, with ITI, C-DAC and BEL handling the distribution of the tablet.
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