DataWind, the company behind the $35 Aakash tablet for the Indian market, has introduced two new "UbiSlate" tablets for the nation.
The UbiSlate 7+ and UbiSlate 7C are both considered "premium" devices compared to the Aakash although that word is hardly fitting when compared to American and European tablets that have been released in the last two years.
DataWind's 7+ has a 7-inch, ... [ read the full article ]
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OK, you can say premium, but that's in relation to those tablets in India. Plus, being smarmy & comparing them to European/American tablets of the same 'premium' moniker & still throw a $75 price tag on it? Now who's smoking dope?
I don't think there's been Android anything released outside India under the $150 mark. And NO, Raspberry Pi doesn't cut it either. You still have to get a keyboard/mouse - SD card - power supply - monitor - AFTER the initial $35 expenditure. IF the device costs that much, given your geographical local.
I'm glad these folks have a way of getting folks involved in computer technology. This is a great, economical way of doing it & shows that greed doesn't always have to drown everybody out.
I dunno...I got a cheap Android 2.3 tablet from Geeks.com for $89 last Christmas with the exact same sounding specs as the 7c from this article. It's not very zippy, but it's interesting to play with. Dunno about this Indian one, but mine you could hook a monitor up via HDMI and a usb keyboard/mouse to it and have a little web browsing/email terminal (tested).
My biggest disappointment is no bluetooth (for bluetooth headphones mainly) and the speaker is on the back so sound quality is crap unless you plug in some headphones. I learned that bluetooth is a necessity for me heh.
