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The next level or as you may prefer calling it, the next version of Aakash tablet will soon be here. The tablet at a very low cost is expected to sport specs, including the Jelly Bean operating system that will make others feel jealous.
A Sub-Committee comprising of technical experts has prepared the proposed vendor neutral Technical Specifications of Aakash IV, which specify minimum hardware requirements, minimum software requirements, mechanical and environmental specifications, safety and other standards compliance, maintenance and serviceability, other features, contents of tablet package and testing criteria.
The lowest benckmark for the Aakash IV will include a 7-inch 5-point multitouch touchscreen. At least a LCD display with at least 800x400 resolution, 1 GB RAM, 4 GB internal memory which can be expanded using a MicroSD card slot is expected.
Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi hotspot and Bluetooth connectivity is required in this expected to be under Rs. 3000 tablet. Another requiremnet is that it should be dual bootable (through an external SD card) with the latest GNU/Linux distribution (latest Ubuntu).
The tablet is expected to run on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean OS and government wants it to score 1469 points in Antutu benchmark for the tablet.
The document say “All popular 2G/3G/4G Phone / Data Connectivity Dongles in India” which means it might also support 4G.
Now that’s impressive, because this is what is minimum expected.
The proposed technical specifications of Aakash IV can be viewed on http://mhrd.gov.in and http://deity.gov.in.
Download the document at this link.
