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India’s Low-Cost Aakash Tablet Pre-Orders Hit 1.4 Million (crunchgear?)
The low-cost Indian tablet known as the Aakash, which we have followed in its
career over the last year, is finally shipping. In late December they opened
up orders for the first batch of 30,000 units, and brought so much traffic to
their retail site that an Indian cyber regulation agency called to inform them
they were possibly under attack. And in the last two weeks, they've racked up
over 1.4 million pre-orders -- iPad-scale numbers. It's being sold for Rs2500,
which translates to just under $50. The government then subsidizes sales to
students, bringing the cost down to $35. But while the government originally
suggested a million devices would be on the ground before the end of 2011, the
Indian manufacturer won't be pushing out devices at a decent rate until this
coming April, and at that point the Aakash may find itself an orphan device.
pro spirit junior 3 nca 2011