India Educating with technology

The government of India is launching USS45 Google Android media tablet at the education sector, information by a reporter.

The android tablet is fully touch screen runs on operating system 2.2 contains Wi-Fi, multimedia, capable of videoconferencing according to the AFP.

The core features of the device is as follows
*180minutes of battery power
*Two Universal Serial Bus (USB)
*32GB memory expandable

But the speed of these tablet will not satisfy you because it comes with 256MB Random Access Memory(RAM) which may be a lope hole of the tablet….
The news agency said the low cost tablet named Akrash or Sky will be get sold through universities and colleges and will not entertain retail channels.

Mamata Varma, spokeswoman for the human resources development ministry, told AFP that the device costs 2,200 rupees (US$45) and the first batch of 500 tablets will be available to students immediately after the launch. The ministry expects 700 of the tablets to be made every day with production picking up when more companies join in the manufacturing, she noted.
The prototype of the device was revealed last year and touted a US$35 price tag, according to a report by ZDNet Asia's sister site CNET. The low-cost device is part of the government's larger initiative aimed at improving India's educational system through technology, it said.
Other countries are also making efforts in pushing low-cost touchscreen devices for the educational sector. In Singapore, tertiary institute Nanyang Technological University has beenworking on a solar-powered tablet targeted at rural villages, a spokesperson told ZDNet Asia last year.