President launches Aakash-2 tablet

‘Aakash 2’ launched by President Pranab Mukherjee.

‘Aakash 2’ is the advanced version of Aakash 1 tablet.

Developed under the aegis of IIT Bombay with the active support of Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC). British company Datawind is rolling out the device.

The price is Rs. 2,263 at which the government purchases the device from Datawind. The government subsidises it by 50%.

Aakash 2

• “Aaskash 2” or commercially called “Ubislate 7+”

• Price: Rs 1130 (for Students)
• Processor: 1 GHz
• Screen Size: 7 inch capacitative touch screen
• Battery: 3 hours of normal operations
• Android 2.3 touch screen
• HD video co-processor for better multi media
• UbiSurfer browser
• WiFi connectivity
• GPRS connectivity
• Optional 3G modems
• Two USB ports
• Memory: 256 MB
• Inbuilt internal memory: 2GB
• Office documents and PDF support

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2012

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs