A tablet under $50, Can you believe?

These things can only happen in India (also in China). This tablet is going to get into the hands of all the students in India as it is also subsidized to some extent. The version to be released in early 2014 is Aakaash 4 (Aakaash means SKY in Sanskrit). The earlier versions were manufactured by Datawind of UK but there are more than 11 bidders for the new version according to Indian Web Sites.

You will find more information here,

http://hodentekmobile.blogspot.com/2013/12/worlds-cheapest-tablet-for-25.html

But here are some pictures of some of the models.

The above picture is screen captured from this site:
http://techlions.in/2013/akash-iv-tablet-coming-soon/

 

The above is from the following site:

http://allcoolestgadgets.com/2013/07/comparison-between-low-cost-akash-tablets-akash-1-akash2-akash-3/

 

This one from the following site:

http://techfreakz.com/computers/make-way-for-akash-the-tablet/

 

 

Don't you worry, they are getting there!