Sibal promises better, faster Aakash next month

April 17, 2012 15:33

A faster and enhanced version of low-cost tablet PC, Aakash, would be launched next month, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said today.

"The second version of Aakash will be launched in May," Sibal told reporters on the sidelines of World IT forum 2012. The tablet will be produced domestically, and in this regard the government is talking to various manufacturers from across the world.

"After freezing the technology, we will start manufacturing it. We are calling people from across the world to manufacture it and some people have shown interest," Sibal said.

The new tablet would have a better 3200m AH battery with a three-hour backup, a 700 MHz Cortex A8 processor and a capacitive touch screen which would get over the earlier issues observed in the tablets, Sibal had said earlier.

Also read on Rediff.com: Aakash Tablet: Why I REGRET buying it!

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