The Indian government started something great with the original Aakash 2 tablet. It set out to revolutionize the Indian education, and to help hundreds of millions of its own people to get better ...

Inexpensive homegrown tablets - think between US$60 and $200 - abound in India, where the per-capita income, despite the fast-rising economy, remains US$3,700 per year. But the uncrowned king of ...

When it come to Android tablets, no one tablet is made equal and with tablets costing less and less these days it begs the question, “How cheap can they go?”. Well, if you happen to live in India they ...

India’s highly touted $35 tablet, set to ship in two to three weeks, is getting a makeover with improved hardware and Google’s Android 4.0 OS, according to the company assembling the device for the ...

A plan was made for a “Made in India” Aaakash tablet, a under $50 tablet for students with an intention to promote quality in education. However the first version of the tablet was rejected by one of ...

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The Aakash tablet, which had shot to instant stardom in the world tech scene owing to its down-to-earth price, now faces an uncertain future. In fact, the entire project runs the risk of being ...

The new version comes after the first edition was criticised for its quality and distribution. The device was unveiled last year as the "computer for the masses" in India, where millions struggle to ...

The Indian government thinks the $35 Aakash Android tablet has the power to change the world. After testing one out, we’d tend to agree. An Aakash tablet was brought to the VentureBeat office on ...

There are 1.2 billion people in India, though currently only 8 percent of that number have access to the internet. That's a figure Canadian company DataWind is hoping will change thanks to its Aakash ...

DataWind, the vendor of India’s low-cost Aakash tablet, said it was not under any contractual obligation to assemble the product in India. The company’s CEO Suneet Singh Tuli said in a telephone ...

We’ve come to terms with the good, bad and ugly about the Aakash, the cheapest tablet in the world. It isn’t an easy job to build a tablet under Rs.3,000, let alone at a price point of Rs.2,500.