Two and a half months ago, we posted an article on this blog about the world’s cheapest Android tablet, which was about to be released in India. Well, earlier this month an Indian news outlet, the Economic Times, reported that 1.4 million units have been ordered. Datawind, the tablet’s creator had initially released only 30,000 for order.
“We never expected such a high response from both corporate and individual buyers,” said Datawind CEO Suneet Singh Tuli. “We plan to supply 70,000 to 75,000 units per day once the factories are in place by April.” Three factories are to be built to keep up with the demand.
The feedback on the Aakash tablet has not been overwhelmingly positive however. Many of the reviews have commented that the 366 MHz CPU and 256 MB of RAM standard to the tablet make it slow and the touchscreen is not nearly as responsive as what we in North America are used to. But of course it’s not intended to be used by North Americans. Android Authority’s Lucian Armasu described the Aakash’s weaknesses as “first world problems”.
The Aakash is powerful enough to browse the internet, read books, and use some apps, although many more apps are sure to be designed for the tablet now that so many have been put on order. I would also note that this tablet is faster than the computer I first used when I entered the workforce, which was a Pentium 266 MHz with 128 MB of RAM. Today, applications, such as our web-based Call Center Agent, are often run through the cloud, and data is also commonly stored in the cloud, meaning that hard drive capacity and processor power are more important for servers than clients. Just another one of the advantages that cloud computing offers.
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