Sakshat Tablet To Launch This Month
Indian tablet to cost Rs 2,200; subsidised at Rs 1,100 for students.
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India's answer to the OLPC (the Sakshat tablet) seems to be on track for a release as early as this month. The Indian Government has announced that the much touted $35 tablet will be supplied to IIT Rajasthan by the end of June. This will be followed by 90,000 more Sakshats being churned off the assembly line over a span of the next four months. The govt has put a price tag of Rs 2,200 on the low-cost device. If this price wasn't unbelievable enough, students can purchase the tablet at a mere Rs 1,100, which is even lower than the projected $35 mark. That's good value for money, considering the relatively ample storage space on offer and its ability to handle multimedia content with aplomb, as seen in the video below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7Jbjmcv_so
Here are some of its features that have been revealed at this juncture:
7" touchscreen
2 GB RAM
32GB HD
2 USB ports
Open source OS
Video-conferencing facility
Multimedia capability
Wi-Fi connectivity