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iiiears
January 23rd, 2012, 10:19 AM
I found this and wondered why "Ubi" was chosen.
Anyone know?


http://www.akashtablet.com/

Sponsored in part by the Indian government Manufactured by the Canadian company Datawind. It will be offered in January for 299 Rs.

Features.
7 inch touch screen.
Android 2.3
Cortex A8-700 Mhz
3200 mAh Battery

whatthefunk
January 23rd, 2012, 10:36 AM
Wouldnt books be a cheaper, more effective way of promoting literacy?

mörgæs
January 23rd, 2012, 11:34 AM
So, India is outsourcing to Canada? :-)

thatguruguy
January 23rd, 2012, 01:43 PM
Wouldnt books be a cheaper, more effective way of promoting literacy?

There are lots and lots of free e-books available at places like Project Gutenberg (http://www.gutenberg.org/) (which has over 38,000 free books). And it's a lot easier to store e-books than physical books. So, not necessarily.