Aakash - World's Cheapest Android Tablet

The world's cheapest Android tablet, Aakash  has been recently released in India on 5th October,2011.  The Aakash tablet was developed by IIT Rajasthan.  Union Minister for Human Resources Developement, Mr. Kapil Sibal has launched the World's Cheapest Android tablet in India.  Aakash will be sold to students at a discounted price of Rs.1500 only to expand digital access in India.  The normal price for general public would be around Rs.2990.  In the first phase 1,00,000 units of Aakash would be initially available and distributed to college students.  Later on within few months millions of units would be produced.  In the first phase the Aakash tablets will be distributed state-wise and each state would get around 3000 units in the first phase.  On the occasion of the launch, 500 Aakash tablets were distributed to students free of cost. 


Aakash tablet is powered by Android 2.2 (Froyo) operating system and has 7 inch resistive multi touch screen.  Aakash weighs only 350 grams and has 256 MB of RAM and 32 GB expandable memory slot and two USB ports.  The tablet also supports Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g connectivity and includes a microphone and stereo ear phones.  Aakash is manufactured by a London based company, DataWind and comes with one year replacement warranty.


In addition to Wi-Fi connectivity, Aakash supports for optional 2G 3G USB modems.  Aakash has two USB ports which allows pen drives, external keyboards, web-cams, dongles and other peripherals to be connected.

A leather keyboard case is also offered as one of the accessories with Aakash tablet.  The leather case not only protects Aakash, but has an integrated keyboard allowing fast typing and conversion of the device as a small note book.  For more details about Aakash you can dial 1800-180-2180 or you can visit www.aakashtablet.com or http://ubislate.com.

You can see the Aakash launch video below.

iBall launches first Android Tablet in India for Rs.13,995

The computer peripheral manufacturer iBall has launched its first Android tablet in Indian market at a price of Rs.13,995. With a 7 inch multi touch display, the 'Slide' has a 2 Mega pixel front camera, USB and HDMI ports.  The tablet 'Slide' has a 8 GB in built memory which can expanded upto 32 GB.

This tablet was powered by 1 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor and runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system.  The iBall 'Slide' tablet comes with blue tooth, Wi Fi and 3G ( via Dongle ) for connectivity.  The tablet has a 4400 mAh battery and gives 6.5 hours of music and upto 5 hours of video.

Samsung Galaxy Note - 5.3 inch tablet with Android OS

The Samsung Galaxy Note is a new 5.3 inch smart mobile device.  It is a high end 3G smart phone from Samsung with Android operating system.

The Samsung Galaxy Note is not yet released in Indian market but it is expected to be released very soon and will be arriving in high price range of around Rs.30,000. The Galaxy Note has a dual core 1.4 GHz processor and the Samsung trademark Super AMOLED at 1280 X 800 pixels.  This mobile has a 1 GB RAM and a 8 Mega Pixel rear camera with full HD recording, and a 2 Mega Pixel front camera for video calls.  The other features of this mobile are 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0, EDGE and GPRS support.  The Samsung Galaxy Note has S-Input support with handful of pen-enabled applications.  The mobile runs on Android Gingerbread 2.3 operating system.   The Tablet is equipped with a 2500 mAh standard battery for extra long talk time.  The device has 16 GB internal memory and has micro SD slot to support upto 32 GB external memory.

Touch screen 3G Android mobile phone HTC EVO 3D

HTC EVO 3D is the latest 3D Android mobile phone released last week in India and it can be purchased online from many online stores in India.  The HTC Evo 3D mobile does not require you to wear any special glass to get 3D effect.  The QHD screen itself is a 3D screen where you can watch movies in 3D and also you can take 3D pictures with the dual cameras available. You can capture your own 3D video.  With the dual 5 Mega Pixel cameras, and 4.3" QGD Screen, you can easily make 3D movies and take 3D photographs.  This mobile is built with a super fast 1.2 GHz Quacomm Snapdragon dual core processor running on 4G. This mobile runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system.  Upto 8 devices can share the internet connection of this mobile wirelessly. The price of the HTC Android mobile HTC Evo 3D in India is around Rs.35,990. Here are some of the features of this new 3D android mobile.

•  Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system
•  Dual Camera - 5.0 Mega Pixels, 2560X1920 pixels, Auto focus, 3D photos, Dual LED flash
• Secondary camera - 1.3 Mega pixels for video calls
• Display - 3D LCD capacitive touch screen, 4.3 inches.
• 3.5 mm headphone sensor for user interface auto rotate
• Proximity sensor for auto turn off
• SRS virtual surround sound
• Digital compass
• HDMI port
• Gyro sensor and document viewer
• MP3 and MP4 players
• Stereo FM radio
• Google search, maps, Gmail, YouTube, G-Talk and many other applications
• Face book, Twitter and Flickr applications
• Voice memo, dial and commands
• Audio video recorder and play back
• Blue tooth, Wi-fi 802.11, GPS
• 3G, GPRS 114 Kbps, EDGE 560 Kbps, HTML internet browsing
• Internal Memory is 1 GB RAM, with 1/4 GB storage expandable to 32 GB.

The product comes with 1 year HTC India warranty too.

Samsung Galaxy S II -- Android mobile from Samsung

Samsung Galaxy S II is a newest Android based mobile phone from Samsung.  The Samsung Galaxy SII was released in April,2011. This mobile phone comes with the newer Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS and a larger screen of 4.3 inches. The Samsung Galaxy S II  comes with 8 MP camera with LED flash together with 1080p video recording. It has a 1.2 GHz dual-core chipset processor.


The Samsung Galaxy S II  is a great combination of solid quality, elegant design and excellent performance.  The mobile with Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system and a dual core processor offers excellent performance. There are two cameras in this mobile.  One 8 MP camera for capturing photos and a 2 MP front camera for video calls. The mobile weighs around 115 grams with the battery.  The battery has a capacity of 1650 mAh with a talk time of 18 to 30 hours and standby time of 710 hours. The talk time for 3G is 9 hours. The internal memory is 32 GB and the external memory that can be added is expandable upto 32 FB.  The mobile is priced at Rs.28,490 in India.

Fly mobile is launching four new Android handsets in India

There is a lot of demand for Android phones and it is rising day by day across the world and India is no exception.  Many of the mobile phone manufacturers are coming with new models of Android handsets to enter into the Android market.  The UK based company "Fly" has recently announced its plan to launch four Android based handsets in India.  The price of these Android handsets would be between Rs.7,000 to Rs.10,000.   All these four handsets would be equipped with  5 Mega Pixels camera and run on Android 2.2 (Froyo).

The prices of these new handsets seem to be reasonable and Fly has put emphasis on video and multimedia capabilities on these phones.  These mobiles are planned to be released in the third quarter of 2011.  The Android mobiles from other manufacturers like Nokia, Samsung are quite expensive and Fly is trying to offer these mobiles at a lower prices.

So Fly mobile will be competing with Micromax and Olive Telecom who are offering Android mobiles at cheaper rates.  At present the Micromax Andro A60 is the cheapest Android mobile in India which is costing around Rs.6,500.