Indian government's ambitious ultra low
cost Aakash Tablet PC will be on display at the United Nations (UN).
Message by India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations the
United Nations Hardeep Singh Puri he also revealed that the
government introduced the highly anticipated equipment will be held
on November 28 in the world organization's headquarters. United
Nations Secretary General Ban Kimoon Tuli Data Wind CEO Sunit Singh
will also attend the event.
Aakash has been described as the most
competitively priced tablet computer by an Indian origin entrepreneur
Puri said at a news conference to highlight the Council's monthly
agenda under India's presidency. According to the official the device
would be called “frugal innovation” in UN terminology and it is a
“competitively priced innovation”.
The Aakash is one of the major projects
for the Indian government. The ultra low cost tablet is aimed at
bridging the digital divide in the country. Unveiled in October 2011
the Aakash tablet ran into a spate of controversies even before it
could reach the hands of the students and general public.
The launch of the device has been
delayed time and again. Union minister Kapil Sibal recently said that
the device would be available to students from November.
The government will be coming out with
an advanced version of the original Aakash tablet dubbed as the
Aakash 2. The new Aakash has better features such as improved
processor and longer battery back up (1GHz processor four hour
battery time capacitive screen and Android 4.0 operating system.) For
more on the Aakash tablet check this out on yellow pages.
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