World's cheapest tablet launched - India

[NoobyDoo]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...pest-tablet-launched/articleshow/10243846.cms

The government is buying the first units of the device for Rs 2250 each from a British company which is assembling the devices in India.
The tablet runs on Android 2.2 (Froyo) and comes with a 7-inch resistive touch screen with 800x480 resolution and weighs 350 gram. The tablet has a 256 MB of RAM, a 32 GB expandable memory slot and two USB ports.
The tablet comes with a 12-month replacement warranty and supports formats like DOC, DOCX, PDF and PPTX etc. Aakash has standard 3.5 mm headphones jack.
The tablet has a 2100mAh battery which can reportedly last for 2-3 hours depending on the usage.

 

[elitejp]

Tablets are only going to get cheaper and cheaper. China has tons of companies that are putting out low cost tablets. This stuff just isnt high technology its popularity that are driving the prices.

 

[heymrdj]

I've seen tablets like these coming out of China for awhile and they are utter crap. Horrible resistive screens, that resolution is scary low, even android struggles with apps at 256MB of RAM (generally regarded that all 2.1 and above android OS's should have 384-512MB RAM and up), and the 2-3 hour battery life is pretty appalling (if you genuinely need a dedicated tablet, more likely than not you'll need more like 5 hours than 2).

Interesting article, but it still affirms in the tablet market you get what you pay for, and a great tablet still costs about 400-500$.

 

[ectx]

Rs 2250 - that is about 45 USD.. Not a bad idea.