Sakshat - $25 tablet - Cheapest tablet from Govt. of India coming soon!

:After hitting the roadblock for over six months, the Indian government backed ambitious low-cost tablet project is finally set to take off.

According to latest media reports, the low-cost $35 tablet codenamed 'Sakshat' is expected to launch by the end of this month.

SAKSHAT, yes it is the name of our 'Indian' tablet. Finally, it has been decided to release it this month for Rs.2200. After few time it will be available for Rs.1100. Just Imagine! even a Chinese mobile doesn't comes with these features at such an unbelievable price. Made by HCL, it's an affordable tablet for everyone. Perhaps, it will be seen in every home in a few years just as it is necessity of lifee.

Below are the Specification of Sakshat tablet

-Display: Touch Screen 7"
-Keyboard: Built in
-RAM: 2GB
-Connectivity: Wifi, USB
-Operating System: Linux
-It has single unit system which has a touch screen.
-Two USB 2.0 ports
-Wifi
-SIM card slot
-Support for 3G USB modem

Features:

-Video web conferencing facility,
-Multimedia content viewer for example pdf, jpeg, zip, etc,
-Computing capabilities such as Open Office, SciLab and
-Internet browsing with flash plug-in, JavaScript.
-It is enabled with a touch screen.
-An in-built keyboard is attached with this laptop.
-The laptop can store the data of up to 2 GB memory. It is a RAM memory.
-Wifi connectivity and USB port are this laptop’s additional features.
-2 watt system is used up by this laptop so that it can even perform in
areas where power supply is low.
-Linux system is programmable in this laptop.

According to reports, government has decided that 10,000 Sakshat tablets will be delivered to IIT Rajasthan in late June. Also, over the next four months more than 90,000 tablet units will be ready for launch and will come at a price of Rs 2,200.

Reports claim that the government later plans to further subsidise the cost by 50 per cent which means the device may cost somewhere around Rs 1,100.