To launch an improved version of the Aakash tablet, and to make it fully indigenous, Telecom and HRD minister Kapil Sibal stated that the tablet’s previous manufacturer Datawind will no longer be associated with the project. For further development of the tablet computer, the government has roped in C-DAC and ITI in.
The new tablet will be available at the same price, according to the reports.
“There have been some problem with Datawind I must confess. Therefore, I have got into the act. IT ministry has got C-DAC and ITI into the act and I am going to ensure that this product is fully indigenous and truly an Indian product,” Sibal stated.
Sibal added that the ultimate objective is to give a quality product to the children.
“I think it’s a great thing if there is competition. Ultimately my objective is to get a quality product in the hands of the children. I have set the benchmark, it has changed the mindset of the world, I can tell you that. Everybody now wants to produce a tablet which is of quality and which is reasonably affordable. So if the whole world wants to produce, I don’t care who produces, if ultimately it is produced by somebody for children, he noted.
Aakash – II is expected to be launched in 2012, but the exact time of the launch of the device has not been reveled yet.
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