Aakash (tablet series)

Aakash a.k.a. Ubislate 7 is a series of low-cost tablet computers produced by DataWind, all of which use the Android operating system.[1]

Not to be confused with Aakash (tablet).
For other uses, see Akasha (disambiguation).

Datawind
Main article: DataWind

DataWind is a British company that produce wireless web access products, and is the makers of Ubisurfer and pocketsurfer.[2] The company was found in 2001 by brothers Suneet and Raja Singh Tuli, originally from Punjab. The company has offices in India, U.S. and Canada. The company was granted the contract of manufacturing low cost tablet computers to students in India, from the Ministry of H.R.D, the company also launched the tablet commercially under the name 'Ubislate 7' but was unable to market the huge demand, thus facing harsh criticism from the media. In May 2013 it was reported that the company has successfully shipped all the pre-orders dating back to December 2011.[3]

Models

The Ubislate 7 series includes the following models:[4][5]

  • Ubislate 7
  • Ubislate 7+
  • Ubislate 7Ri
  • Ubislate 7R+
  • Ubislate 7Ci
  • Ubislate 7C+
  • Ubislate 7CZ (announced)[6]

Variants

All the tablets in the series are categorized as follows:[5][7]

Letter/symbolMeaning
77-inch Touchscreen
+Has Wi-Fi and supports SIM
RResistive Touchscreen
ihas Wi-Fi and no SIM support
CCapacitive Touchscreen
Zhas Dual Camera (Both Front and Back Facing) and Bluetooth support [6]

Hardware and software

Hardware

The Ubislate 7 Series Tablet has a 7-inch Touchscreen, 800×480 pixel resolution [8] Ubislate 7+ uses Cortex A8 800Mhz processor (256 MB RAM) while the others have Cortex A8 1 GHz processor with 512 MB RAM. The initial model had 2 full size USB ports while in the final models they were reduced to a single Micro USB port. The Ubislate 7+ had 2 GB flash memory while the final models have 4 GB flash memory. All of the models support MicroSD Cards, up to 32 GB. The final models also features a G-Sensor for maintaining orientation. Like other Android devices these have no physical buttons except a Home screen button, power button and volume rocker. The final models also has a front facing VGA Camera.[9] The tablets use a proprietary power connector.[8]

Software

The Ubislate 7+ runs on Android 2.2 Froyo while an update to 2.3 Gingerbread is available. All other models run on Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich. The tablets have a customized version of the operating system, which includes:

  • Google Search in top left corner of homescreen
  • Workspace Effect Settings, next to google search
  • Volume Controls on the bottom,
  • Pre installed Apps include- App Killer, UbiInfo, Ubimail, Internet Ubisurfer etc.

The Ubislate 7+ has access to Getjar app store while others has complete access to Google Playstore.[10]

References
  1. http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/aakash-tablets-delivery-datawind/1/194666.html
  2. http://www.slashgear.com/datawind-ubisurfer-7-inch-netbook-with-bundled-gprs-internet-1049024/
  3. http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-05-01/news/38958143_1_aakash-datawind-iit-bombay
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-06-29. Retrieved 2013-05-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. http://www.gogi.in/datawind-ubislate-new-tab-launched.html
  6. http://ubislate7cz.blogspot.in/
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-31. Retrieved 2013-05-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. http://new-gadgets-hot.blogspot.in/2012/09/ubislate-7ri-ubislate-7ci-tablet.html
  9. http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/datawind-ubislate-7c%20-tablet-review-india-price/1/195108.html
  10. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-28. Retrieved 2013-05-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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