Can Aakash 2 redeem the fiasco that was Aakash?

05 Dec, 2012, 12:13 pm IST Naina Khedekar Tablets 2 Comments

Around this time last year, the country was all abuzz about the ‘Aakash’, an educational initiative and the world’s cheapest tablet..... More

All you need to know about Aakash 2

04 Dec, 2012, 9:34 am IST Naina Khedekar Tablets 24 Comments

Last month, President Pranab Mukherjee and Human Resources and Development (HRD) minister MM Pallam Raju launched the Aakash 2 tablet for students at a subsidised price as low as Rs. 1,130. Its commercial version is also available in the market. Here's all you need to know about the Aakash 2. More

Aakash 2 unveiled at UN by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon

30 Nov, 2012, 10:10 am IST tech2 News Staff Tablets 3 Comments

Yesterday, right on cue, on the occasion of India's Presidency of the UN Security Council, the Permanent ... More

Datawind to clear paid orders of Ubislate in 6 weeks

19 Nov, 2012, 11:14 am IST tech2 News Staff Tablets 9 Comments

Bringing some clarity to the current haze, Datawind CEO Suneet Singh Tuli has assured that the company will clear the remainder of paid orders for Ubislate... More

Govt agencies show interest in Aakash 2

17 Nov, 2012, 5:02 pm IST tech2 News Staff Tablets 8 Comments

Datawind, the Canadian manufacturer of India's low-cost computing dream is receiving queries from other government agencies, pertaining to the supply of the Aakash 2 tablet. More

Aakash 2 launched, available to students for Rs 1,130

12 Nov, 2012, 10:23 am IST Anuradha Shetty Tablets 117 Comments

Right on cue, on the occasion of Education Day yesterday, President Pranab Mukherjee and the HRD minister, MM Pallam Raju, launched the Aakash 2 tablet... More

Current alternatives to the Aakash 2 e-learning tablet

13 Jul, 2012, 6:50 pm IST Naina Khedekar Tablets 6 Comments

The e-learning tablet market is a young market in its nascent stages. Initially fuelled by the government’s ambitious Aakash project... More