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Datawind : Aakash Tablet 3 to come soon for Rs. 2500

After the shipment of 1 lakh units of Aakash tablet 2, datawind in looking forward for Aakash tablet 3 to see the light of day. Datawind for selling the tablet at Rs. 2500 is considered by government of India. UbiSlate 7C+ is the tablet unit which company hopes to to see being molded as the government-subsidized educational device. A major addition to this slab is the presence of a SIM slot, making voice calling an option for potential users. Datawind has been manufacturing tablets for government of India since 2011, the first device was launched ta Ultra-low cost. It's second tablet came out last year and enhanced over it's predecessor. Although, there was much trouble that marred the distribution of this one. Allegations of it being a Chinese product not manufactured in the nation were first leveled against it. And then, there were also issues of it not meeting its initial distribution deadline. The Company Datawind is selling their new tablet at cost Rs. 4,999 And...

Datawind : Aakash 2 project completed and 1 lakh units shipped to government

Datawind : the producer of low-costing Aakash tablets said on Wednesday - it has shipped 1 lakh units to the government completing the deal after almost two-years and half which was marred by glitches. The contract of producing l lakh units of Aakash tablet was given to Datawind and to be priced at $49.98 (Rs. 2,276). "We have supplied all units of Aakash tablets under contract to the government. It will be with the transporter by midnight tonight and will be processed through Letter of Credit documentation by IIT-Bombay," Datawind CEO Suneet Singh Tuli told PTI. He also said, "the company has already supplied 74,700 units of Aakash 2, upgraded version of tablet unveiled in October 2011, which have been delivered to and accepted by C-DAC, Noida and IIT-Bombay and 25,300 units are to be processed through Transporter in Noida". "The 25,300 unit final shipments will be released by State Bank of India (IIT-Bombay's bank) upon endorsement of ...