Pranab launches advanced version of low-cost Aakash-2 tablet
http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/gadgets/pranab-launches-aakash2-tablet/article4087815.ece
" The advanced version of low-cost tablet Aakash was launched here on Sunday by President Pranab Mukherjee.Coming at a price tag of Rs. 1,130 for students, the new version ‘Aakash 2’ — which will be made available to students of engineering colleges and universities to begin with — is now powered by a processor running at 1 GHz, has a 512 MB, a 7-inch capacitative touch screen and a battery working for three hours of normal operations.
It has been developed under the aegis of IIT Bombay with the active support of Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC). Datawind is rolling out the device. "
No doubt there's more money to be made selling iPad & Surface tablets, but they're out of reach I think for most of the world. OTOH I think maybe it's a tad unfair that while India's showcasing their innovation at the UN, low cost tablets out of China are so often dismissed as cheap knock-offs.