The Indian Cellular Association or ICA has criticized the Aakash tablet for having alleged substandard specifications. The Aakash tablet is a low-cost slate manufactured in India that was supposed to serve as an educational tool for students in the region. Meanwhile, ICA is an organization of mobile service providers in India that sets the standards for cellular operators and has not been consulted in the Aakash tablet's development.
Touted as the world's cheapest slate at $35 per unit, the Aakash tablet has a 7-inch resistive screen with a resolution of 800 x 600. At its core is a 366 MHz processor, 256 MB of RAM, and internal storage that has a limit of 32 GB. The version intended for students has Wi-Fi connectivity, but the retail version, which sells for $70 dollars, is capable of 3G. It has a battery life of about 90 minutes.
The Aakash tablet is manufactured by the company Datawind. Datawind's CEO, Suneet Singh Tuli, explained the simple reason behind these specifications. They had to make compromises with the hardware to arrive at a low, budget-friendly price.
Yet analysts are not satisfied with this explanation and argue that such specifications are dooming the Aakash tablet to failure.
via netbooknews
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