Aakash, the world's cheapest tablet, launched by Datawind, might seeing a further dip in prices, even as it will continue adding features and applications every six months.
According to The Economic Times, at present, the internet access-cum-computing device that would be available in the market from January onwards, is priced at Rs3,000 a piece.
It is currently being rolled out by the government to targeted students across the country at a subsidised price of about Rs1,500.
Aakash was launched on 5 October 2001 to usher in a digital revolution and further the government's drive towards digital literacy.
Aakash has been called a pathbreaking product and the cheapest tablet in the world at Rs3,000, and the company was hopeful of reducing the cost a little lower as sales ramp up over the next year, Datawind CEO Suneet Singh Tuli said.
He said that the tablet could become a little cheaper in the coming year and more features can be added to it every six months.
"Processing power, battery life many such things can be increased over a period of time and we hope that every six months there would be something new in the Aakash tablet" Tuli said.
Aakash has already received 3 lakh pre-launch bookings and Datawind has entered into a manufacturing agreement with companies at two more places in Cochin and Noida for meeting the demand.
It is currently being manufactured near Hyderabad but with sales expected to hit 50 lakh units by end 2012, the company has entered into fresh manufacturing contracts to meet the huge demand.
He said that while it could be a money spinner for students who will get a royalty from the usage of application on Aakash tablet, they would also gain by offering a useful application to their users.
The low-cost tablet is manufactured by DataWind, a wireless web access products maker based in Montreal. The tablet has a 7-inch display with 800x480 pixel resolution, 256MB of RAM, 2GB flash storage, and a 366MHz processor from Connexant. The tablet runs the Android 2.2 operating system.
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