Aakash Tablet : Worlds cheapest

Aakash is an Android-based tablet computer designed and developed by DataWind and work done by IIT Rajasthan.It is manufactured in India as a low cost and launched by the Telecom and Education Minister, Kapil Sibbal. The commercial version of the tablet will be retailed under the brand name UbiSlate 7. Aakash will be assembled at DataWind's new production centre in Hyderabad. Initially, the device will be sold to the Government of India at $50. It is expected to be sold for $60 in the retail stores.

The tablet powered by Android 2.2 (Froyo) and comes with a 7-inch resistive touchscreen with 800x480 resolution and weighs 350 grams.It supports popular file formats like  video web conferencing facility, multimedia content viewer for example .pdf, .docx, .ods, .adp, .doc, .xls, .txt, .jpeg, .gif, .bmp, .odt, .zip, AVI, AC3, etc.; searchable PDF reader; unzip tool to unzip zip files; possibility to install suitable firmware upgrades; computing abilities such as Open Office, SciLab, cups (for printing support); media player able to play streamed and stored media files; Internet browsing, JavaScript, PDF plug-in Java; wireless communication for audio/video I/O; cloud computing option; remote device management ability; rendering YouTube and other online video services (open source Flash players, e.g., gnash or swfdec).

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

Hardware
7-inch 800x480 resistive touchscreen[17]
Rugged casing with a rubberized feel
Wi-Fi enabled (802.11 a/b/g WiFi)[18]
Mini and full USB
miniSD card slot
Subscriber Identity Module (SIM card) slot (UbiSlate 7 only)
Video out
Headphone jack
256MB of RAM
2 GB of storage memory. 32 GB Expandable Micro sd.[7][16]
2 Watts of power consumption with solar charging option[16]
366 MHz + HD video co-processor
HDMI port.
Audio out: 3.5mm jack / Audio in: 3.5mm jack
Display and Resolution: 7” display with 800x480 pixel resolution

Software
Android froyo 2.2 operating system[12]
Document Rendering
Supported Document formats: DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, XLS, XLSX, ODT, ODP
Educational software developed at Indian Institute of Technology[12]
Web browsing, video conferencing and word processing software[7]
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
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
150000+ applications

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