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Free Aakash Tablet for Indian Students

Now students of Indian Colleges will get Aakash Tablet worth Rs 1,500 absolutely free of cost.Central Government has decided to provide Aakash Tablet absolutely free for Indian students(College students).

The Central Communication and IT minister Kapil Sibal said :

“In order to deliver an e-learning experience to one and all, the Government is planning to distribute Aakash tablets to university and college students for free”

How you will get Aakash Tablet for free?

To get Aakash Tablet you have to be a student of any Indian college.

• Indian Govt (Central Government) will pay of Rs 750 as subsidy.
• The remaining amount of Rs 750 will be paid by your college

In this way you will get your Aakash Tablet Absolutely Free

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New Aakash Tablet Will Launch Next Month.. Will feature capacitive screen, faster CPU, and twice the RAM as before.

 

The new and improved Aakash tablet is all set for an April launch. According to HRD minister, Kapil Sibal, despite the hardware upgrade, the new version will have the same price tag as that of the original.

For starters, the gadget will feature a capacitive touchscreen instead of a resistive one. Under the hood will be a Cortex A8 CPU clocked at 700 MHz. The RAM would also be upped to 512 MB. It's claimed that the device's 3200 mAh battery will keep it running for about 3 hours.

The picture isn't as rosy on the software front, as the new Aakash will be based on the oldAndroid 2.2 (Froyo). On the bright side, it has been speculated that the tablet will have access to the Android Market, now known as the Google Play Store. Sibal said that the first wave of one lakh (lac) tablets will be provided to students from higher technical educational institutions, to garner feedback.

The new Aakash surely has better hardware than the original. However, spec-wise it's still no match to the PAC-PAD 1. 

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