Akash 3 tablets an advanced version of low-cost tablet

Akash 3 tablets
akash smart phones

The advanced version of low-cost tablet Aakash was launched by President Pranab Mukherjee on National Education Day.

The new version ‘Aakash 2’ - which will be made available to students of engineering
colleges and universities to begin with is now powered by a processor running at 1 GHz, has a 512 MB, a 7- inch capacitative touch screen and a battery working for three hours of normal operations.

It has been developed under the aegis of IIT Bombay with the active support of Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC).

Datawind is rolling out the device. “The government subsidises it by 50 per cent and it
will be distributed to students at Rs. 1,130” said Datawind CEO Suneet Tuli.

The first one lakh devices will be provided to students of engineering colleges and universities and subsequently these will be distributed to others. 

About 22 crore students will get the device across the country in the next five to six years. The
National Education Day was being celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of the first Education Minister of Independent India, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.

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