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Indian PM gets Samsung Galaxy Tab as a gift from Korea, could Aakash be the return gift?

Indian PM gets Samsung Galaxy Tab as a gift from Korea, could Aakash be the return gift?

By Tue, Mar 27, 2012 2:25PM UTC View Comments Indian PM gets Samsung Galaxy Tab as a gift from Korea, could Aakash be the return gift?

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be getting a spanking new Samsung Galaxy Tab. The best part is, his name will be embossed on the tablet. South Korea’s leader has presented the tablets to the Indian PM. The tablet presented by the South Korean President Lee Myung-bak will feature unique Korean art of a lacquered...

India’s cheapest tablet turns out to be an electronic brick

By Fri, Jan 13, 2012 5:05PM UTC View Comments Indian students pose with the supercheap 'Aakash' Tablet computers which they received during its launch in  New Delhi, India in October. Pic: AP.

Aakash tablet, the cheapest tablet in the world, previously supposed to be an educational tool for millions of students, could soon be junked. Trust me that sentence wasn’t easy to write. A game of ping pong going on between Datawind (the maker of the tablet) and the Indian government. Datawind  has delivered only 30000 tablets...

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