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January 4, 2012 01:22 am GMT
The low-cost Indian tablet known as the Aakash, which we have followed in its career over the last year, is finally shipping. In late December they opened up orders for the first batch of 30,000 units, and brought so much traffic to their retail site that an Indian cyber regulation agency called to inform them they were possibly under attack. And in the last two weeks, they've racked up over 1.4 million pre-orders — iPad-scale numbers.It's being sold for Rs2500, which translates to just under $50. The government then subsidizes sales to students, bringing the cost down to $35. But while the government originally suggested a million devices would be on the ground before the end of 2011, the Indian manufacturer won't be pushing out devices at a decent rate until this coming April, and at that point the Aakash may find itself an orphan device.
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Indias Low-Cost Aakash Tablet Pre-Orders Hit 1.4 Million
The low-cost Indian tablet known as the Aakash, which we have followed in its career over the last year, is finally shipping. In late December they opened up orders for the first batch of 30,000 units, and brought so much traffic to their retail site that an Indian cyber regulation agency called to inform them they were possibly under attack. And in the last two weeks, they've racked up over 1.4 million pre-orders — iPad-scale numbers.It's being sold for Rs2500, which translates to just under $50. The government then subsidizes sales to students, bringing the cost down to $35. But while the government originally suggested a million devices would be on the ground before the end of 2011, the Indian manufacturer won't be pushing out devices at a decent rate until this coming April, and at that point the Aakash may find itself an orphan device.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/FdaMZ1JmmyU/
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