Telecom Lead India: DataWind has supplied 100,000 Aakash tablets to IIT-Bombay.
Announcing the completion of the tablet project target, DataWind said it supplied 98,000 Aakash2 devices and 2,000 devices with DataWind’s recommendations for Aakash3 at a price of Rs 2,263 (currently $41.61).
The earlier project cost per tablet was $49.98.
The company bagged the “controversial” order under the Indian Government’s Ministry of Human Resources Development’s National Mission for Education through Information Communication Technology.
The company’s Aakash2 devices are delivered to IIT-Bombay with 12 months warranty and accessories.
DataWind claims that the market price of this kind tablet is around Rs 5,000. It supplied tablets — Cortex A8 – 1Ghz processor — at Rs 2,263.
The Aakash tablets contain 512MB of RAM (twice that of the original iPad). Flash memory of 4GB can be supplemented by upto 32GB through its micro-SD card slot.
In addition to embedded WiFi, the Aakash2 tablet computers support external 3G and EVDO dongles for mobile broadband data connectivity.
