India’s Second Budget Android Tablet Is Just $57

Andrew Grush — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:26:49 +0000

Not long ago, the Indian government sponsored the creation of a tablet from DataWind that had modest specs but was priced low enough to make it affordable to the public.

Thanks to the runaway success of the original model, called Aakash, a much beefier 7-inch second model of the UbiSlate 7, has now been announced.

The UbiSlate 7 touts the following specs:

Android 2.3
7-inch touchscreen with 800×480 resolution
Cortex A8 700 MHz Processor
3 hours battery life
Wifi and GPRS
HD Video playback
one USB 2.0 port
256MB of RAM
2GB Internal Storage
MicroSD slot for memory expansion

While these specifications aren’t exactly what some of us would call impressive, the price point of $57 US dollars certainly is. This model is actually $10 more expensive than the original, but features much improved specifications particularly in processing department (the original had a measly 336MHz Arm11 processor).

The device is expected to hit the markets in India in January, with DataWind planning to produce roughly 1,000 units per day.

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