You are probably wondering what the title means? Well, India has churned out the world’s cheapest tablet, the Aakash which runs on the operating system Android 2.2. How cheap? Appealing to millions of people in India who can’t afford an iPad 2, the Aakash tablet is sold at the subsidized price of $35 to students, and later in stores for only $60. If it’s this cheap, shouldn’t there be strings attached? The Aakash tablet probably doesn’t have the specifications most tablets have, like games and thousands of apps to download, but it has all the necessary educational tools a person who isn’t looking for entertainment needs.
The Aakash is not for entertainment, but for learning purposes. In India the majority of students can’t afford a laptop or tablet, so with the Aakash, the poor has access to the digital world (Internet, Word, PPT, etc.). However, at this price the reliability and durability of the Aakash is put into question. Aakash has only been in the market for less than a month, and the majority of users has found it very usable, and there has been no problems as of yet.
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