Bangalore: India's second government sponsored tablet is announced. Ubislate 7 is here to challenge its elder brother Aakash, the first low cost tablet in India. Aakash was sold out within a few days after its online launch last week. Seeing the success of Aakash, tablet maker, Data Wind is has come out with another 7-inch model, the Ubislate 7. Announced few weeks back, the tablet is available for pre-orders at the price of $57 (Rs. 3,018.65) which means $10 more than Aakash.
While Aakash featured 2.2 Android, the Ubislate 7 comes with Android 2.3. Featuring a 7-inch touch screen with 800x480 resolutions, it also sports Cortex A8 - 700 MHz CPU. With new 3200 mAh battery it will give a battery life of 3 hours. The other features are Wi-Fi and GPRS connectivity, HD video playback, 256 MB RAM, one USB 2.0 port and 2GB internal storage, which can be expanded to 32GB via microSD.
Aakash will have a tough competition when the Ubislate 7 hits the markets. Indian customers can expect to have hands on experience of the Ubislate next month. DataWind will produce, via QUAD Electronics in Hyderabad, about 1,000 units daily.
While Aakash featured 2.2 Android, the Ubislate 7 comes with Android 2.3. Featuring a 7-inch touch screen with 800x480 resolutions, it also sports Cortex A8 - 700 MHz CPU. With new 3200 mAh battery it will give a battery life of 3 hours. The other features are Wi-Fi and GPRS connectivity, HD video playback, 256 MB RAM, one USB 2.0 port and 2GB internal storage, which can be expanded to 32GB via microSD.
Aakash will have a tough competition when the Ubislate 7 hits the markets. Indian customers can expect to have hands on experience of the Ubislate next month. DataWind will produce, via QUAD Electronics in Hyderabad, about 1,000 units daily.