The Indian government and UK company DataWind have launched a second-generation Aakash tablet aimed at students in India. DataWind will sell the Aakash 2 for about $40, but the Indian government will offer a partially subsidized version to students for about $20.
DataWind’s new tablet features a 7 inch, 800 x 480 pixel capacitive touchscreen display with support for 4-point multitouch. It has a 1 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor, 512MB of RAM, and 4GB of storage.
There’s also a microSD card slot for additional storage, as well as WiFi and a USB port.
The tablet runs Google Android 4.0.
While the specs might seem kind of anemic when compared with higher-priced tablets, the new tablet is a big improvement over the original Aakash, which had a 366 MHz ARM11 processor, a resistive touchscreen, and Android 2.3.
via Times of India and IBN Live
how to purchase akash2 teblet on subsidy?
Specs says Android 2.2, but the image looks like 4.x.
And it also supports Linux… The processor must be AllWinner A13.