Aakash 2: India's low cost tablet dream come true?

20 Dec, 2012, 5:59 pm IST Naina Khedekar, Priyanka Tilve Tablets 21 Comments

Aakash, Government of India’s ambitious project to provide low cost tablets to the students of our country, has been embroiled in controversy right from More

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

India to showcase upgraded Aakash at UN on November 28

05 Nov, 2012, 2:38 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Tablets 5 Comments

India’s improved attempt at low-cost computing is on its way to the United Nations (UN), as the nation is scheduled to showcase its innovation behind developing the “most competitively priced” tablet computer. More

Aakash 2 to be launched on November 11

23 Oct, 2012, 11:35 am IST Anuradha Shetty Tablets 2 Comments

On November 11, i.e., on Education Day this year, the tablets will be officially launched in the country, by President Pranab Mukherjee. More

Aakash 2 to have SIM card slot: Sibal

10 Oct, 2012, 11:25 am IST tech2 News Staff Tablets 12 Comments

Kapil Sibal, affirmed yesterday that Aakash 2, the upgraded version of the Aakash tablet, will have a SIM card slot. More

Aakash 2 to be available from November 11: Sibal

09 Oct, 2012, 11:09 am IST Anuradha Shetty Tablets 5 Comments

Telecommunications minister, Kapil Sibal, recently stated that the Aakash 2 tablet may be expected to reach students on November 11 this year... More

Aakash 2 may be sent to all state CMs for feedback

06 Oct, 2012, 10:50 am IST tech2 News Staff Tablets 7 Comments

The ministry is reportedly toying with the idea of sending out Aakash 2 units to all state chief ministers; a move particularly strange considering the tablet is yet to make its way to several of its pre-designated locations... More

Sibal gifts Aakash 2 tablet to Narendra Modi

28 Sep, 2012, 4:31 pm IST tech2 News Staff Tablets 12 Comments

Two units of the upgraded version of the Aakash tablet have been presented to Gujarat CM, Narendra Modi by Kapil Sibal, as reported by the ... More

Datawind starts Aakash 2 supply to IIT Bombay, October launch likely

24 Sep, 2012, 11:08 am IST tech2 News Staff Tablets 7 Comments

Datawind has started supplying units of Aakash 2 to IIT Bombay. An October launch of the tablet is likely. More

Sibal to present Modi an Aakash-2 tablet on Sept 22

07 Sep, 2012, 11:08 am IST Anuradha Shetty Tablets 4 Comments

Gujarat CM Narendra Modi may well be among the first to lay his hands on the upgraded version ... More

Lenovo on Aakash 2: Tough to produce a quality tablet at that price

05 Sep, 2012, 5:48 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Tablets 4 Comments

Popular PC maker Lenovo shared in a statement that it is difficult to have a tablet offering a great user experience at a price as that proposed for India’s dream tablet... More

Did you pay for an Aakash tablet? Here's the inconvenient truth

21 Aug, 2012, 4:45 pm IST Naina Khedekar Tablets 148 Comments

The Aakash tablet has been the most ambitious project taken up by the Indian government to impart tech based education.... More

Aakash 2 to be launched very soon, affirms Sibal

13 Aug, 2012, 12:29 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Tablets 3 Comments

Addressing the first convocation of the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) at Hyderabad recently, ... More

Aakash 2 to launch in August with ICS for Rs. 2,263

28 Jun, 2012, 5:35 pm IST Roydon Cerejo Tablets 9 Comments

It looks like the Aakash 2 is all set to launch sometime in August for a price tag of Rs. 2,263. We did hear ... More

Aakash-II is ready for release, confirms Sibal

27 Jun, 2012, 1:26 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Tablets 2 Comments

The nation may be very close to realizing the Aakash dream, yet again with a hope that it gets better this time. More