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Upgraded Aakash to be unveiled in May: Sibal
Monday April 02, 2012 04:33:21 PM,
IANS
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Kolkata: Human
Resource Development (HRD) minister Kapil Sibal Monday said the
upgraded version of tablet PC "Aakash" will be unveiled in May.
"The upgraded Aakash will be fabulous. The processor will be 700
mega watts, the live battery would be of three hours
uninterrupted, you will have a capacity screen. We will unveil it
in May," Sibal said on the sidelines of a seminar organized by the
Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC).
The minister, who also holds the education portfolio, had earlier
said that two state-owned technology companies had been roped in
to manufacture the upgraded version.
He had then admitted that there were problems with Datawind, the
original developer of the tablet.
Datawind has come under criticism for missing delivery deadlines
and for failing to provide a proper customer service platform.
The government was also unhappy after various faults were detected
in the tablet, and officials had indicated that the government may
not extend the contract for manufacture of more tablets to
Datawind.
"Now it is at testing stage. There is no commercial production of
Aakash. We ultimately want to give out a product which is a
quality product and therefore we are going through different
versions of Aakash.
"Aakash 2 will also go through tests. Only when we feel that
quality is clear, and that children will accept then only we will
commercialize it," he said.
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Union Minister for Human Resource Development and
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