$20 Aakash 2 Android tablet goes official, unveiled by Indian president

7. PhenomFaz posted on 12 Nov 2012, 06:12 3 1

its a good initiative to reach out to students

8. adelta90 posted on 12 Nov 2012, 06:33 5 0

people who need $20 or $80 tablets dont care about jelly bean
they are happy enough just to own a tablet

10. shuaibhere posted on 12 Nov 2012, 07:04 3 0

Its indian tab....

11. VJo003 posted on 12 Nov 2012, 07:44 3 0

It's Indian n not Chinese.
I guess the core purpose of the tab to assist learning... Guess updates is not important

14. yowanvista posted on 12 Nov 2012, 08:49 1 2

The whole board including the chipset is Chinese made (the SoC was designed by some Chinese company). In whole they just rebranded one of those cheap generic tablet boards.

15. VJo003 posted on 12 Nov 2012, 09:13 0 0

Am referring to the though of conceiving something like this.... not the the make of the components that brought it to life.

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16. adelta90 posted on 12 Nov 2012, 10:50 1 0

did you even read the article? this tablet has been subsidized by the government so that those students who cant afford expensive tech can still get a tablet
Its not a matter of rebranding. I think its a great initiative

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13. FireDragon posted on 12 Nov 2012, 08:39 2 0

Read again and understand, it is for the Students, specially those students who cannot afford entire yearly course and notebooks. This thing can provide them way too much, including the element of excitment of using the latest Tech form.

20. Doakie posted on 13 Nov 2012, 09:37 0 0

You can buy this right now on eBay for $69.95 for a 8GB model with free shipping from within the USA. Of course its not going to be something as fast as we're used here in America, but we need to remember that this is a $70 tablet. I've checked out YouTube videos on the Allwinner A13 soc running on these 7" tablets and its slow but it looks usable. All I can say is keep your mind open. Don't expect these to perform like a Nexus 7.

17. OptimusOne posted on 12 Nov 2012, 11:31 0 0

subsidizing always comes with catches

with carriers, its 2 year contracts(think of them as 2 year prison sentences), enormously high prices for 2 years

so subsidizing isn't always good.

12. iWorld posted on 12 Nov 2012, 08:14 1 0

you mean iSue

19. rusticguy posted on 12 Nov 2012, 16:12 1 0

Wish Apple good luck if they sue Indian Govt. They will need to pay billions to ministers first to get things done. India is a tough ground as per TIM Cook (because here even public opposition can annul a Patent) ... so customer is the "bully" here by and large :)