Aakash Tablet Order Now

The much anticipated world’s ultra low cost Tablet PC, Aakash tablet is finally available for sale online and is creating vibrations all around. Datawind, the developers of Aakash has put up for sale about 30,000 tablets on the internet at the cost of Rs 2500 each and the delivery is done in 7 days.

You can also pre-book Aakash Tablet’s upgraded version, UbiSlate 7, at the cost of Rs 2999 which will be launched during the end of January, 2012. This next generation of Aakash Tablet is loaded with better features and functionalities. Both the tablets are commercially available to everyone at its official website through Cash On Delivery option.

Specifications	Aakash	UbiSlate 7 (The upgraded version of Aakash)
Availability	NOW!	Late January, 2012
Pricing	Rs.2,500	Rs.2,999
Microprocessor	Arm11 – 366Mhz	Cortex A8 – 700 Mhz
Battery	2100 mAh	3200 mAh
OS	Android 2.2	Android 2.3
Network	WiFi	WiFi & GPRS (SIM & Phone functionality)

Aakash’s commercial version is powered by Android 2.3 and has a resistive touchscreen, a 7 inch display with 800 x 480 pixel resolution, 256 MB RAM, 2 GB internal memory, 3.5 mm audio jack, and a graphics accelerator HD video processor.

According to Economic Times, Datawind has achieved presale orders of approximately 400,000 tablets from various companies and individuals. However, the current supplies will be limited for individual buyers only.

According to sources, the Indian government is also planning to provide a new specification for Aakash, which will have a better battery life and a faster processor. The battery life of current version is about 1.5 hours.

Akash Tablet -2

Government to Bring Aakash 2 in April..........!

In the course of complaints on the quality of the cheapest tablet, Aakash, the government on Monday stated that they are hopeful to bring out the upgraded version of the tablet, Aakash-II, by this April.

HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said, “To cater the great demand of Aakash among the public, we need many manufacturers to develop Aakash. We are enhancing the features according to the feedback we have got from Aakash-I. Hence we want to be sure that the upgraded version of the product caters to the requirements of the consumers. We have involved IIT in order to upgrade it. We will be able to bring in Aakash-II by April.”

Agreeing to the differences occurred between Aakash developers Datawind and the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Sibal said, “We believe in sorting out the issues rather than stressing them.”

According to sources, Kapil Sibal is going to meet the Director of IIT Rajasthan, officials from Datawind and MHRD Special Secretary to talk on the issue. The minister said, “At the time of Aakash-I launch, we did not have any feedback. We distributed the device to several college students to have the feedback. By gathering that feedback, we are now able to enhance the specifications.”

According to expert reports, college students around India can get advanced version of Aakash tablet PC at no extra cost. Aakash-2 will be 3 times faster than the original version and will have 50% extra battery life. The advanced version is being prepared according to the feedback got from around 600 IIT and Engineering students.

“All issues have been resolved. We will receive 70,000 improved Aakash tablets from Datawind by end of the January,” said Kapil Sibal. Sources from Ministry said Datawind may not receive any future order as they have violated the conditions in the contract such as offering the tablet PCs to the government first before putting them for sale in open market.

Apple iPad 2 (16GB, Wi-Fi)

Manufacturer:Apple

Part Number:CNETiPad2

General

Product Type Tablet

Operating System Apple iOS 5

Display

Type 9.7 in IPS TFT active matrix - LED backlight

Display Resolution 1024 x 768 ( 132 ppi )

Touchscreen Yes

Memory

Flash Memory 16 GB

Processor

Processor Apple A5

Processor Clock Speed 1 GHz

Multi-Core Technology Dual-Core

Camera

Digital Zoom 5

HD Video Recording 720p

Features Tap to control exposure for video or stills,

Photo and video geotagging over Wi-Fi

Front-facing Camera VGA

Communications

Wireless Connectivity Bluetooth 2.1 EDR,

802.11 a/b/g/n

Latest Samsung Galaxy 10.1 tablet

Following the launch of the Samsung Galaxy Tab with its 7-inch display late last year, Samsung has now announced the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, the newest member to the company’s tablet lineup. The device, as its name implies, was unveiled at Mobile World Congress with a 10.1-inch 1280 X 800 WXGA display and features Google’s Android 3.0 Honeycomb operating system, like the Motorola Xoom which was announced at the beginning of the year at CES.

The Galaxy Tab 10.1, however, is a little bit lighter than both the 9.7-inch iPad and the 10.1-inch Xoom at 1.3 pounds, compared to 1.5 and 1.6 pounds. The device will have a proprietary charging cable and no USB support.

Unlike the 7-inch Tab, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 will not be utilizing Samsung’s internal processor and will use an NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core 1.0 GHz CPU; the 7-inch Tab came with a single-core 1.0 GHz Hummingbird CPU that was made by Samsung based on ARM design.

Like the new Galaxy S II smartphones, also unveiled at MWC, the new Galaxy Tab 10.1 will feature both a front- and rear-facing camera. The rear camera has an 8-megapixel resolution with LED flash while the front camera is capable of 2-megapixel resolution, which would mostly be used for self-portraits and video calling.

Unlike the Galaxy S II smartphones, however, there was no mention that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 will utilize the same Super AMOLED Plus displays. In the past, while the Galaxy S smartphones made use of the company’s Super AMOLED screens, the original 7-inch Tab shipped with an LCD display.

The device supports WiFi a/b/g/n and also HSPA+ up to 21 Mbps, making it a 4G-capable device according to the marketing lingo employed by U.S. GSM carriers. However, to take advantage of the maximum theoretical download speeds, the carrier and network must be optimized to support it–in the U.S., T-Mobile USA can support up to 21 Mbps in 4G areas while AT&T’s HSPA+ network will be capped at 14.4 Mbps and the carrier is expected to migrate to LTE after.

Additionally, the device will be a Google Experience tablet, meaning that Samsung won’t pre-load its proprietary TouchWiz user interface on top of Android 3.0 Honeycomb, which was the first version of Android designed for tablets.

The tablet will start shipping in some markets in June for an undisclosed price. With the early summer release date, the tablet will probable debut after the iPad 2 and the Xoom, and will ship around the same time that Apple will begin pushing out the next-generation iPhone 5 if the company’s historical launch dates hold true.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

As you can see from the gallery, both the 10.1 and the 8.9 look extremely similar, and boy are they thin. They measure just .33-inches thick, and as you can glean from this picture, they absolutely give the .34-inch iPad some real competition in terms of dimensions. The models we saw weren't final -- in fact, they didn't even power on -- but Samsung says the 10.1 will weigh 1.31 pounds and the 8.9 just 1.03 pounds. Both tablets have microSD slots, 3.5mm headphone jacks, and SIM slots, although there will be WiFi versions of both of them. The two tablets have the same array of cameras, which includes a 3 megapixel shooter with an LED flash on the back and a 2 megapixel lens on the front.

Internally, the Tabs will pack 1GHz dual-core processors. We're assuming it will be Tegra 2 since all the Honeycomb tablets thus far have used NVIDIA's silicon, but that's unconfirmed at this point. The 8.9 will be available with 16GB of storage and a 6000mAH battery, and the 10.1 will come in both 16GB and 32GB varieties and with a 6860mAH cell. Both are said to provide 10 hours of video playback. There are full specs of both of these in the press release below.

Latest Sony T350P/T Laptop Reviews

vSony T350P/T Review

Manufacturer: Sony

Model: T350P/T

Screen Size: 10.6 unknown-units

Processor Options: 1.2 unknown-units Intel Pentium M

System Memory: 512 unknown-units PC 2700 DDR Memory

Hard Disk Capacity: 60 unknown-units

Weight: 304 hundredths-pounds

Length: 810 hundredths-inches

Width: 1070 hundredths-inches

Height: 134 hundredths-inches

Latest Galaxy Tab 10.1 Tablet

There are tons and tons of Android based tablets out there, none of them are able to compete with the iPad. If you remember, the only Android based tablet that managed to compete with the iPad ( just barely though) was the Samsung Galaxy 7 inch Tab. Both these devices were launched in India, but the iPad won the global battle. Apple is looking at India as a serious tablet market, the quick launch of the iPad2 in India seems to suggest. Even though it was much later than the global launch, late last month Apple launched the successor to the original iPad, the iPad2 and is reportedly selling like hot cakes!

Now Samsung wants a piece of the tablet market in India and launching two new Android Honeycomb 3.0 based tablets in India. Honeycomb is Google’s first tablet optimised mobile OS. Ranjit Yadav, Country Head, Samsung Mobile and IT, Samsung India confirmed the tablets in a statement to the Business Standard, “We will launch the 10-inch tablet PC at around Rs 35,000 and the 8-inch device will be priced around Rs 28,000. While the tablet PC market today stands at around 25,000 units a quarter, we expect it to grow exponentially here on.”

While this statement does not confirm which models will bare these price tags, it does give us an approximate pricing on the devices, I’m guessing the 8.9 Tab wll be priced Rs. 28,000/- onwards and the 10.1 Tab will start from Rs. 35,000/- onwards. Samsung’s new Android based smartphone, Galaxy S 2 is expected to be released anytime this month. This shows the interest that Samsung has in the mobile computing market in India. While we wait for an official release date and the complete price sheet, here’s a look at the specifications of both these tablets.