New Aakash 4 (IV) 4G Tablet Coming By Lat 2013 Priced at Rs 1,500.

To  tablet lovers, Production of the next version of world's 'cheapest tablet PC,' called Aakash 4, will start in January, Indian Government is all ready to launch it’s most advance law-cost-tablet, Aakash IV tablets  with packed with next generation features.. The price of the devices are expected to further come down by Rs 1,000 to Rs 1,500 in a year, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said today. and  iBall 6318i price around Rs 5,000.(indiatoday)

"Aakash 4 has now been tendered for manufacturing. From January 2014, Aakash 4 which is like any other modern tablet in the country, is going to be manufactured by several players. [As many as] 18 people have actually participated in the tender," Sibal said while addressing students at Modern School in New Delhi.

Aakash 4 Tablet specifications

Aakash 4 will have a 7-inch capacitive touchscreen, which will be also scratch resistant. The tablet will support Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 2G/3G/4G runS on Android 4.2.1 (Jelly Bean) or above Dual bootable (Latest Ubuntu distro) powered by a quad-core processor with 1GB Ram, 4 GB Memory expandable up to 32GB offers you 7” LCD display. 5 point capacitive touch display 800×480 resolutions with 16 bit color depth or more sporting 2MP Rear camera and 0.3 M Pixel (VGA)front facing camera or higher 4000 mAH battery and weight around 500gm and 0.75in thick offers you Minimum 5 Hrs on web browsing 6 Hrs on e-reader along with 1 year warranty.(tech2)

The Minister said that modern technology and devices like Aakash will change the way students will learn in coming days. “… No longer teacher is sole repository of knowledge. Children get knowledge from all sorts of network site,” Sibal said.

Citing transformation in education sector, the Minister touched upon concept of Meta-University floated by him when he was Human Resource and Development Minister. “The concept (Meta University) is 3-4 University can get together and actually create a course which is not provided by syllabi of any particular university…this will happen in years to come not only between universities but between nations and universities around world,” Sibal said. He said students will be able to combine two courses and get degree from respective universities.