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New version of Aakash tablet from November 11: Kapil Sibal

New version of Aakash tablet from November 11: Kapil Sibal

By Press Trust of India | Updated: 9 October 2012 10:38 IST

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Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal today said the new version of the low-cost Aakash tablet PC is expected to be available to students on November 11.

"Hopefully on November 11, you will see the President talking to 20,000 students across the nation (who) will have their hands on Aakash," Sibal told reporters here at the Economic Editors' Conference.

He added that Aakash, an instrument of empowerment, will feature 1 GHz processor, four-hour battery time, capacitive screen and Android 4.0 operating system under the new version.

Sibal said going forward, the price of the device is expected to come down to "$35, which will be around Rs 1,500" with setting up of manufacturing activities in India.

"At the moment, we are actually formulating a Cabinet note for the manufacturing of five million Aakash tablets without any financial burden on the Ministry of Finance," Sibal said.

The tablet 'Aakash' was launched in October last year by the government to make available computing devices to students at subsidised rates. However, the project ran into controversy following IIT Rajasthan rejecting the devices.

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