Aakash Tablet Computer

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  Aakash tablet is alive and kicking, says Sibal

  Kapil Sibal said the project for the low-cost computing device is "alive and kicking" and work is on for its third and fourth versions.

• Aakash is alive and kicking, says Kapil Sibal

  A day after Human and Resource Development (HRD) Minister Pallam Raju expressed concerns over future of Aakash, IT and Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Saturday said the project for the low-cost computing device is "alive and kicking" and work is on for its third and fourth versions.

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  Aakash tablet's fate uncertain, government says 'failure' in production

  The fate of the much touted low-cost computing device Aakash looks uncertain with the government Friday conceding that there has been a "failure" in its production.

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  Aakash: An idea promised the sky, but India is still waiting

  The notion that India's weak manufacturing sector can catch up to China in advanced computer hardware also strikes some experts as far-fetched.

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  Aakash tablet not cheap Chinese import: DataWind

  Makers of India's low-cost Aakash tablet on Saturday denied a local media report that said the computer was a cheap Chinese import and not an Indian innovation.

• Aakash tablet makers deny it's a cheap Chinese import

  Makers of India's low-cost Aakash tablet on on Saturday denied a local media report that said the computer was a cheap Chinese import and not an Indian innovation as was claimed.

• India unveils new version of 'world's cheapest tablet'

  India has launched a new version of its ultra-low-cost tablet computer with a quicker processor and an improved battery, on sale to students at the subsidised price of $20.

• Kapil Sibal tried to bribe me with Aakash tablet: Narendra Modi

  The war of words between Narendra Modi and Kapil Sibal over the tablet computer Aakash is refusing to die out. Today Mr Modi has accused the education minister, whose ministry has worked on the tablet, of misusing public funds and trying to "bribe" him with a couple of the computers. Mr Sibal has retorted that the Gujarat chief minister is unhappy ...

• The name that Kapil Sibal wants Narendra Modi to use

  Another shot has been fired in the acerbic war of words being waged between two known exponents - Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal - over the low-cost tablet computer Aakash.

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  Aakash 2 to be launched 'very soon': Govt

  An upgraded version of the Aakash tablet would be launched "very soon", HRD minister Kapil Sibal said in Hyderabad on Sunday.

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  Basics of world's cheapest tablet, Aakash

  These are the basic specifications of the $50 tablet, world's cheapest computing device

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  3 more IITs to work for making Aakash tablet cheaper

  The government plans to involve three more IITs in the world's cheapest Aakash tablet PC project to make it more indigenous and further lower its price.

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  Aakash to be free for all students, promises govt

  The low cost, made in India Aakash tablet will now be even cheaper and more homegrown.

• Has the battery run out on Aakash tablet?

  Aakash, the "$35" computer launched last year in India as the world's cheapest tablet, has run into problems and companies will be invited to bid again to make the device after complaints of poor performance and hiccups rolling out a pilot model.

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  Has the battery run out on Aakash tablet?

  Companies will be invited to bid again to make the Aakash tablet following complaints of poor performance in the existing model.