Hi friends,
GOOD NEWS for those who are interested about India's "The cheapest tablet" AKASH from Ubislate and waiting for a chance to check it out.
Ubislate 7+ is out and pre-booking for April 212 has started. Production for February and March has been sold out. Hurry to get your hands on the world's cheapest tablet computer. Here is the link to website of akash/ubislate tablets.

For those who are late, Akash is the code name for the world's cheapest android tablet developed as the collaborative project of Govt. of India, Indian Institute of technology and Datawind- a private company. Akash tablet became buzz long time ago. But its launch was in January 2012. The quality of the tablet is not promising but the features included in the tablet for such lower price is definitely a thumbs up for the college students and for students of Rural India. Earlier release of Akash, Ubislate 7 had some performance issues and shortcomings which are compensated in the new vesion, Ubislate 7+. Price for Ubislate7+ is- Device: Rs.2,999 (Optional Internet: Rs.98/mo.). The specs are as follows

Specifications of Ubislate 7+

Android OS 2.3 Cortex A8, 700 Mhz Processor with HD Video Co Processor 256 MB RAM Storage: (Internal) 2GB Flash / (External) 2GB to 32GB Supported Peripherals: 2 Standard USB Ports (Ver. 2.0) Audio Out: 3.5mm jack Display and Resolution: 7" Display with 800x480 pixels Supported Document Formats: All Version Office Document formats and many more High Quality Video Streaming & HD Quality Video Playback Input Devices: Resistive Touch Screen Connectivity with GPRS & WiFi IEEE 802.11 a/b/g Battery: Upto 180 minutes of battery, AC adaptor 200.240 volt