Price of Aakash tablet will soon come down to $35 (about Rs. 1,900 approximately) from $49 at present
T elecom and IT Minister Kapil Sibal on Wednesday said the price of Aakash tablet will soon come down to $35 (about Rs. 1,900 approximately) from $49 at present. “Aakash is a tablet which at the moment costs $49. It will come down to $35 very soon. It has all the amenities of any modern tablet,” Sibal said at Reverse Buyer Seller Meet (RBSM) New Delhi organised byTelecom Equipment and Service Export Promotion Council. The Minister added that next version of the tablet will also have Skype, an application used for making voice calls using Internet connection and does not necessarily require a SIM. “It performs the same function as a $150 tablet,” Sibal said, adding that Aakash is kind of product that two- third population of world needs as they don’t have enough resources to buy tablet costing $150. Explaining on the way price of Aakash tablet drops, the Minister said “The capacitative (touch) screen is...