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Hands On: India’s $35 Android tablet, the Aakash, lands in America

The Indian government thinks the $35 Aakash Android tablet has the power to change the world. After testing one out, we’d tend to agree. An Aakash tablet was brought to the VentureBeat office on Tuesday by Vivek Wadhwa, a Washington Post columnist and visiting professor at the University of California at Berkley and Duke. Wadhwa, who is researching the Indian education system, was given the tablet by Kapil Sibal, the Indian minister of human resources and development, who has been the driving force behind the tablet project. The device (whose name means “Sky” in Hindi) was produced entirely in India — a point of pride for the Indian government.

Senh: For schools, it's $35; $60 for retail. $60 is still really cheap for a tablet computer. I wonder if they'll sell in the U.S. The interface is apparently pretty slow compared to the iPad or other Android tablets, but it's usable. There's no speakers, but there's an outlet to plug one in. Overall, it sounds impressive for tablet at such a low price. This could overtake the iPad in schools.

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Hands On: India’s $35 Android tablet, the Aakash, lands in America