Government of India launched Android Tablets for the Students

The Indian Government  introduced , a low cost Google Android tablet "Akash" for the education sector.

The Android tablet will cost only Rs. 1,100 (US $ 35) and will be sold by universities and colleges rather than the retail outlets.

The endeavor of launching Android based devices is to give huge scope to the teachers and students for educational development. These Android tablets will convert the traditional boring classroom teaching methods to digital excitement.

Now students will be able to learn at their own pace. These tablet PC will allow students to go back and forth between lectures and reference materials a number of times even after the class is over.  It also aims to promote e- learning programs in India.

The commercial version of  "Akash"  Android tablet will cost only Rs. 2,999 (US $ 60). It would commercially be available from November, 2011 to facilitate all the people out there.

Features of Android Tablet

• Running an Android 2.2 operating system
• 7 inch touchscreen
• 32GB expandable memory
• 256-megabyte RAM
• Two USB ports
• Wi-Fi Internet access
• Video conferencing capability
• Internal media player
• Estimated battery life of 180 minutes
• 2GB SD memory card included

Akash – Inbuilt Software Available

        -   OS: Android 2.2

• Document Supporting

        -   Supported Document formats: DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, XLS, XLSX, ODT, ODP

        -   PDF viewer, Text editor

• Multimedia and Image Supporting

        –   Image viewer supported formats: PNG, JPG, BMP and GIF

        -   Supported audio formats: MP3, AAC, AC3, WAV, WMA

        -   Supported video formats: MPEG2, MPEG4, AVI, FLV