by Ankit Banerjee, 1 month ago

The Aakash tablet, the $35 Android tablet, was the pet project of former HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, whose vision was to ensure the availability of a tablet for every Indian student, at a very budget-friendly…

by Ankit Banerjee, 3 months ago

The world’s cheapest tablet, the Aakash 2, just got cheaper! Kapil Sibal, India’s IT and Telecom Minister, announced at a media event in Delhi that the government has asked the Centre for Development of Advanced…

by Andrew Grush, 5 months ago

With the Aakash 2, Datawind and the Indian government hope to put a capable yet highly affordable tablet into the hands of Indian students. The big question is whether or not a $21 tablet will…

by Adrian Diaconescu, 6 months ago

If there’s one thing we’ve always known about technology in general and Android devices in particular, that was their potential for greatness and ability of breaking boundaries and pushing education forward. Unfortunately, while we’ve seen…

by Adrian Diaconescu, 8 months ago

The Datawind name might not say much to those of you passionate about high-end gadgets, but the UK-based company has been behind the Indian government’s bold initiative of deploying Android-based tablets across the country’s millions…

by Adrian Diaconescu, 9 months ago

After what was not exactly a big hit, many wondered if one of the world’s cheapest tablets will ever get a sequel. Made available to Indian students for the equivalent of $23, the Aakash slate…

by Lucian Armasu, 10 months ago

The world’s cheapest tablet computer, as the Indian Government likes to call their Aakash tablet, is about to be upgraded to version 2.0, and will receive a significantly faster processor, clocked at 800 Mhz (up…

by Adrian Diaconescu, 1 year ago

The first generation Aakash Android-based tablet made quite a fuss last year, with people equally praising and criticizing the gadget. On one side, there were the technology enthusiasts that welcomed such a dirt-cheap slate (it…