Wednesday 28 December 2011

AAKASH tablet – A low cost tablet in digital market - AAKASH aka UbiSlate 7

Do you have a Tablet PC? How much money did you spent to buy a Tablet PC? 10000 ` to 40000 ` thousands? The price tag of Tablet PC was high enough to spoil any ones dream to buy a new Tablet PC. But now finally who just couldn’t afford to buy a Desktop PC or anyone who had just heard about the internet can buy a Tablet PC. The coming year is all set to offer a low cost Desi (Indian) tablet.  The feature rich Desi tablet, India’s very own AAKASH tablet is available at a fraction of the cost of big brand names.  Made-in-India AAKASH tablet is cheapest Tablet available in Indian Market to date. 

 
AAKASH have been designed for students keeping education sector in mind. The aim is to provide good internet access and as well as facilitate the educational, environmental videos and other multimedia contents to students.
AAKASH-1 is already available in Indian Market. Now the upgraded sibling AAKASH-2 aka UbiSlate 7 has all set to compete in low cost tablet market. AAKASH-2 aka UbiSlate is expected to arrive in January 2012 and is already up for pre-order. 


 The central government of India has placed order of AAKASH at a price of $48.98 each for introduction in education system.  Datawind, a Canadian company developed relatively a low cost tablet and won the contract in a trade-show held in Las Vegas in January this year. According to Suneet Singh Tuli, the CEO of Datawind, students stand to benefit through the internet access and the product is designed to meet the requirement. Datawind has already supplied 10,000 units of an order of 100,000 units. In the open market AAKASH-2 will cost around 3000 `. And based on the current demand, Datawind expects to sell 5 million tablets within a year. 

There is no other tablet available anywhere near to the price tag of AAKASH-2 or UbiSlate 7. The tablet has lot of accessory options available. Car charger to external antenna can be attached to it. The phone can be used as a phone. It has 2 USB ports. A keyboard case can also be used. And best part is the tablet is available in Android OS with 3G support in commercial version. 

According to the various sources, every day almost 8000 tablets are sold in India. As per Frost and Sullivan, Indians bought around 3 lakh tablets in 2011. And the numbers are very less as compared to global standards. The low cost tablet market is yet not developed in India.

Many global as well as local brand tablets launched in this 2011. Reliance, Spice, Beetel, Lacs Magnum, Milagrow, Wespro , FunTab and others announced their new low cost tablet PC in the Indian market.

For AAKASH-2 tablet configuration and other details visit www.aakashtablet.com  

Friday 23 December 2011

World’s First Android 4.0 Based Smartphone…

Galaxy Nexus is world's first Android 4.0(Ice-cream Sandwich) based phone. For flawless display of movies and TV shows, the smartphone features the first HD Super AMOLED Contoured display.  The smartphone comes with two 5.0MP cameras along with flash. You can share the HD pics or videos captured with these two cameras.  The Galaxy Nexus has made the social network more easy and sociable. The smartphone has featuring the Auto Backup of contacts. Chat with one user or several users at the same time in more user friendly interface. Slim body of just 9.47MM thin makes it more portable. Nothing can hold you back with powered 1.2GHz dual core processor built to soar on 4G LTE.



This is a first phone with a 4.65” High-Definition Super AMOLED Contoured Display which makes display very crispy, vibrant and reach. Video looks amazing in 1280x720 HD resolutions. A gentle curved shape feels very nice. The whole handset has a curved shape though it’s not too severe.  Can you imagine 1.2GHz dual-core processor inside a just 9.47MM thin body? But Samsung Nexus made it possible. In a slim but power-heavyweight Samsung Nexus you will find all the graphics, computing and video processing power you will ever need.





The smartphone has introduced unique Face Unlock feature that let you unlock the phone with your sweet smile. Just switch on the phone, look at the camera your phone is unlocked.

Watch text instantly appear as you speak with voice input.

Inbuilt Google+ makes sharing the things to people at just a single tap away.  You can video chat with 9 people at the same. 





The contact integration is excellent. Keyboard and internet both are fantastic. Galaxy Nexus is future-proofed with NFC. The minimalist front end, all blacks with no buttons at all. Only screen, camera, brightness sensor and little light beneath the screen are in front sides. The little light beneath the screen pulsate as you get an email.


Specifications –

1.       CPU
1.2GHz Dual-Core Processor
2.       Platform
Android 4.0 (Ice-Cream-Sandwich)
3.       Display
1280x720 pixels
4.65” Main Display Size
HD Super AMOLED Contoured display
4.       Network
CDMA/PCS/1xEVDO Rev. A: 800/1900 MHz, LTE: 700 MHz
5.       User Interface
Features: Widgets; Accelerometer; Supported Languages: Spanish, French
6.       Camera
Rear-facing Camera Resolution: 5.0 MP
Front-facing Camera Resolution:1.3 MP
Digital/Optical Zoom
Auto Focus; Shot Modes, Action, Night, Sunset, Party, Single Motion Panorama; Editing Modes;
Camcorder; HD Recording; HD Playback
7.       Video
Video Player; Compatible Video Files, H.263, H.264, MPEG4, VC-1; Video, Streaming
8.       Audio
Music Player; Compatible Music Files, WAV, MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, MIDI; Audio, Streaming; MP3/Music Tones
9.       Connectivity
Bluetooth®; Bluetooth® Profiles, A2DP, AVCTP, AVRCP, GAVDP, HFP, HSP, OPP, PAN, PBAP, SPP ; Wi-Fi® ; Wi-Fi® Hotspot; HTML Browser
10.   Memory
Internal Memory: 32GB
11.   Calling Functions
Speakerphone; Voicemail; Speech-to-Text; Text-to-Speech; Music ID; Picture Caller ID; Multitasking; Hearing Aid Compatible (HAC); TTY; Airline Mode
12.   Battery
Standby Time: 150 hours (6.25 days)
Continuous Usage Time: Up to 12 hours
Battery Type and Size: 3.7 Volt, Lithium Ion, 1850mAh
And much more…..



- Ashish Ramteke

Thursday 22 December 2011

3G Roaming Services will stop in India…???

"…The decision is being conveyed to the operators. 3G roaming services has to be stopped immediately," – By Telecom Secretary R. Chandrashekhar on Thursday, 22nd December 2011.

According to TRAI India, the 3G Roaming agreements are illegal. DoT(Dept. of Telecom in India) is going to communicate to telecom operators to terminate their 3G Roaming arrangements that are against the license terms. According to the top DoT officials, the notices already signed and are ready to send to the telecom operators. Tata TeleServices and AirCel scrapped their 3G roaming arrangements after the concerns raised by the DoT. Whereas the Bharati AirTel, Idea Cellular and Vodafone are offering 3G services in areas where they didn’t have legal spectrum.

Bharati AirTel has 3G bandwidth in 13 of 22 telecom services of India. Vodafone has 9 and Idea has access in 11 areas.

Mr. Kapil Sibbal, the communication and IT minister had also clearly indicated that operators will not be allowed to offer the services under existing laws. Earlier, in a letter written by Tala Teleservices to Communication and IT Minister it is mentioned to either permit the 3G Roaming services or refund the money paid for the spectrum.

As per the current license rules, the operators are allowed to offer seamless coverage as they move from one circle to another circle. But, in the case of the 3G services, the operators are selling connections in illegal spectrum area.

According to the telecom regulatory such an arrangement causing loss in national exchequer. Also it is affecting the quality of the 3G services offered to consumers. The decision is pending whether the penalty to be imposed on the operators that are violating the 3G rules.
- Ashish Ramteke

Wednesday 21 December 2011

Android 4.0 (Ice-Cream-Sandwich)


Android 4.0(Ice-cream-sandwich)… Coming Soon..


Guys!!! Good news for the Android Lovers… Android 4.0 coming…


The latest version is very simple, more beautiful and of course very very smart Mobile OS… Most of the Mobile OS market already captured by the Android phones, But Android 4.0 is going to sue all other Mobile OS. Everything is re-defined and re-engineered in latest Android 4.0 such as easy multitasking, resizable widgets, rich notifications, lock-screen, customizable home screens and much more… 


The key strength of Android is Multitasking, Android 4.0 has made it more easier and more visual. The Apps button in System Bar lets you jump from one task to another easily. Thumbnail view of recently used apps, tapping a thumbnail switches to the App.  Easy navigating to Back, Home and Recent Apps through Virtual buttons in System Bar.


Mobile devices always make extensive use of Network data for ex streaming content, videos, downloading the Apps. Android 4.0 has added new controls for managing such type of network data usage. The colorful chart shows the total data usage on each network (WiFi or GPRS or 3G).


Please visit http://www.android.com/about/ice-cream-sandwich/ for detailed information. All information is taken from this site.
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