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ndian students pose with the supercheap 'Aakash' Tablet computers which they received during its launch in New Delhi, India last year. Pic: AP.

The $35 Aakash tablet: India’s daily dose of embarrassment

By Bala Murali Krishna Thu, Feb 23, 2012 11:40PM UTC View Comments

Not a day passes off without a news report on Aakash, the world’s cheapest tablet computer developed by the Indian government. Most of it is downright embarrassing — for the Indian government, for the prestigious IIT that set the specifications for the tablet and for DataWind, the British-Canadian company that might have become a victim...

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

By Sriram Vadlamani 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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Aakash tablet: Overhyped, overbooked and delayed

By Sriram Vadlamani Wed, Jan 04, 2012 11:36AM UTC View Comments

Remember the world’s cheapest tablet to be coming out of some factory in India? Yes, the Aakash tablet. We have got some news about it. It is making waves if we go by the mainstream media. There was news that quite a few governments have been making frantic calls to Kapil Sibal on how can...

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10 reasons India’s $35 tablet is destined for failure

By Bala Murali Krishna Tue, Oct 11, 2011 10:31PM UTC View Comments

Indian students pose with the supercheap 'Aakash' Tablet computers which they received during its launch in New Delhi, India earlier this month. Pic: AP.

I am rather late in writing on the $35 tablet computer but that was a deliberate decision. I didn’t think there was anything positive to write about Aakash, claimed to be the “cheapest” touch-screen tablet PC in the world. The Indian government, which commissioned the tablet’s development and manufacture, should have learnt from the performance...

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India announces $35 tablet computer for rural poor

By AP News Thu, Oct 06, 2011 10:23AM UTC View Comments

Indian students pose with the supercheap 'Aakash' Tablet computers which they received during its launch in New Delhi, India, Wednesday. Pic: AP.

NEW DELHI (AP) — India introduced a cheap tablet computer Wednesday, saying it would deliver modern technology to the countryside to help lift villagers out of poverty. The computer, called Aakash, or “sky” in Hindi, is the latest in a series of “world’s cheapest” innovations in India that include a 100,000 rupee ($2,040) compact Nano...

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