Aakash 2 is an alternative to tablet PC Aakash

The Indian government and Canadian company DataWind are launching what might be the world’s cheapest tablet the Aakash, a 7-inch Android tablet of price Rs 2500.

Makers of Aakash tablet, Datawind is ready with their new tablet Ubislate 7+ at an expected price of Rs 2999. Unlike Aakash (Ubislate7) which is a student version tab, Ubislate 7+ will be available everywhere and to everyone.
The upgraded version of Aakash, Ubislate 7+ tab will be available in the Indian market by last week of January, 2012.
Pre-order booking have already started from their website- ubislate.com, and also call on a Toll Free No: 1800.180.2180 for more information.


Hardware
• Processor: Connexant with Graphics accelerator & HD Video processor, (Aakash: Arm11 – 366Mhz)
• Memory: 256MB RAM / Storage (Internal): 2GB Flash
• Storage (External): 2GB to 32GB Supported
• Peripherals: 2 Standard USB port
• Display and Resolution: 7 inch display with 800x480 pixel resolution


Software
• OS: Android 2.3, (Aakash: Android 2.2)
• Document Rendering
• Supported Document formats: DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, XLS, XLSX, ODT, ODP
• PDF viewer, Text editor
• Multimedia and Image Display
• Image viewer supported formats: PNG, JPG, BMP and GIF
• Supported audio formats: MP3, AAC, AC3, WAV, WMA
• Supported video formats: MPEG2, MPEG4, AVI, FLV
• Communication and Internet WiFi & GPRS (SIM & Phone functionality) ,(Aakash: Wi-Fi)
• Web browser- Standards Compliance: xHTML 1.1 compliant, JavaScript 1.8 compliant
• Separate application for online YouTube video
• Safety and other standards compliance
• CE certification / RoHS certification