Aakash 2 to land in April, set budget tablet lovers back a measly $40

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The device that started as a [$10 laptop][2], graduated to a [$35 tablet][3] and settled on a [$60 reality][4] is about to get its first successor: the Aakash 2. Like its predecessor, the new Aakash is twist on a [DataWind][5] Ubislate, namely the Ubislate 7+. According to _TechSnapr_, $40 (or 2,000 Rupees) buys a 7-inch capacitive touchscreen, a 3200 mAh battery and a 700MHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor -- nearly doubling the oomph of the original. Datawind, however, pegs the Ubislate 7+ at familiar 2,999 Rupees (about $60), noting that the unbranded hardware runs Android 2.3 and features WiFi and GPRS connectivity. Students in India should be able to pick up the budget-friendly slab sometime in April.

[Thanks, Pravesh]

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