India creates world's cheapest computer

[haroon0808]

ipod touch lol

[Fesal505]

Bas touch screen

[SugarCoatedPills]

Datawind and QUAD electronics are the major contributors of electronic components in making Aakash Tablet and not made in a makeshift factory unlike China

The components are as costly as the regular processors however its subsidized by the Govt. of India and the GOI pays for it to make it cheaper, Its affordable, GUI is good and its reliable as well....

If you compare it with Apple and Samsung electronics, Buzz off coz; its 45 USD..Any Pakis out there, Cork up but watch the show nevertheless

[LordKaisen]

Eyoo I sense foreign jealousy! Trolo sure its slow, it's designed for low income peeps, but it's a good step towards the future

[jay34111]

farkk the guy browsing the menu, so much lag lol but then again, can't expect too much for $45!

[shuhaab93]

Don't you think china can make such a thing in 4 days..

And india took 4 years..

Huh

[forgottenmemories63]

@shuhaab93 True but the Chinese one also lasts only for 4 Days xD

[MrEverythingRandom]

but can it play minecraft?

[lakshyasinghkaiwalya]

@MrEverythingRandom it runs on android 2.2 , new model on 2.3 , you can even install 3...., android 2.1 supports flash and java , and mine craft is available on android market so it's obious you can play minecraft -_- . by the way i wasted 5 mins thinkin on the spelling of obivous , i know it's still not correct.

[SomeLinuxUser]

The raspberry pi will be cheaper and have much more giddy up that this.

[alienkishorekumar]

@SomeLinuxUser yes..even i had this same thought! :D

[MrZachpow]

Agh crap

[bloodrazr]

Keep inventing cheap shit, Instead of raising living standards.

[kommireddypavan]

this guy who is giving speech is gonna ban facebook,google and other social sites in few months in india...it gonna be china way

[kommireddypavan]

datawind aakash 2 is better this aakash 1 is crap even by india iit 's recent assessment

[ankitfun20]

Ff

[keyclone888]

A piece of shit.

[aashish1703]

"fortunes at the bottom of the pyramid...making lives of people at the bottom of the economic charts.... better !!!"

[amirouwlidzayer]

You guys got it all wrong, the design is american and the operating system is google (american)... and the first who made this type of cost effectice tablet is CHINA, am affraide that dream is just CHINA style manufacturing, copy and paste and lower the cost on cheap labor and cheap components..... am proud that it can be manufactured in india for the indian people to have access to tech though.

[leKidinDisguise]

That thing is a slowpoke.

[avikhorana1]

an improved vesrion of 700 megahertz will be coming this year, currently it is 366 meghertz

[gauravzerogravity]

tab is cheap but the minister at 0:30 is the cheapest guy in india he is a jackass. fucking cocksucker

[TheJimsterJim]

haha i know its supposed to be cheap and all but look at the screen xD its made from a stretched plastic carrier bag :P

[darkknight302]

@TheJimsterJim don't you have anything better to do than just hate on shit?

[sheepkilier]

1 fps

[purtytrash]

cheap...cheaper....cheapest...­.INDIAN INNOVATION!

[simrannarula06]

but you did not tell us how much you rip out of the whole project ?

[gdykes]

Please make such devices with consideration for the life cycle of the device. Systems need to be in place to ensure these devices don't fill the land fill in a decades time. 

[IndicRace]

average income per year or month? average per capita of India is more than 1000$ per person at nominal rates and almost 4000$ by PPP.

[CarbonDioxide1990]

@IndicRace thats per annum income I think not per month so majority of people will struggle to buy it.

[JaiHindArbhav]

dats da shit!!

[oldman329]

good job yes the ones who need frist then every else,now lets us known when we can get one

[MrFattyfatfatboy]

im Australian but i think india needs to do this more, you india are the only answer to china , Ghandi over mauo ill fight for india any day.

[manishrohera1991]

@MrFattyfatfatboy my friend thanx 4 ur support but dont need fights as ur n my idol r same the man of nonviolence mahatma gandhi

[hejdiklump]

@MrFattyfatfatboy wtf?

[allfreetechhub]

@MrFattyfatfatboy

thanx 4 ur feelings 4 india...

thnx 4 d respect,if u evr plan 2 visit india, i wil b glad 2 meet u bro

:)

[nem700]

@MrFattyfatfatboy

ghandi was a supporter of the caste system. do you support it too?

[forgottenmemories63]

@nem700 Gandhi never supported caste system, He tried to rid it away and became one with the lower Castes which is the reason he dressed himself to show that he was one with the poor people (Low Caste).

Stop spreading nonsense if you have no knowledge about it. Go read some Biographies about Gandhi to know more about him, Instead of imagining stuff.

[obsidianstatue]

@forgottenmemories63 i doesnt matter he supported caste system or not. as we speak 200 million dalit caste in india are being treated like slaves. so either he is a caste supporter or he was completely useless.

[forgottenmemories63]

@obsidianstatue I don't know whether you have visited India or not but Dalits have the most rights here in India. They have even more rights than normal Indians, They get easy jobs, They are allocated bonus merit in exams, We have even had Dalit Presidents and Leaders in many of our states. Gone are those days of Caste system & Racism.

Well, I checked out your page and I see you hail Osama Bin Laden to be considered as a Hero and yet you criticize Gandhi, That says a lot.. Lol

[obsidianstatue]

@forgottenmemories63 lol you are such a liar dalits are being marginalized from birth, they are landless jobless and dont have equal rights in education.

[forgottenmemories63]

@obsidianstatue Well, I guess I can't convince deluded people that think only their view is right and try to stereotype entire nation or race for what very few people do. It's light me arguing ALL Han Chinese are Racists towards their own own Tibetans, Manchu and Taiwanese.

[obsidianstatue]

@forgottenmemories63 dont take my words for it just type in Dalit in youtube and watch any of the documentaries and and watch brutal conditions the dalits live in.

[forgottenmemories63]

@obsidianstatue Not much worse off than Tibetans I assume. Type the word "Tibet" in YouTube and check out the atrocities of Chines on Tibetans, Its really sad. At least Dalits aren't cheated off their land and kicked out like Chinese have done to poor Tibetans.

[obsidianstatue]

@forgottenmemories63 i dont care about tibetans, if they want to go to india and kiss the ass of their "god" then i dont care. but if they want to stay in China and act like a law binding citizen then they are welcomed.

[gomezse23]

Brilliant!

[evilatsnipe]

/zXK0eQagYHk for review by NDTV

[branzilla]

Due to its sluggishness...its junk. Touch screen is plastic. Graphics are dismal. What is impressive is the price... Not the product

[geoffreyphilip]

140 HOURS BATTERY POWER!!!!!! OMGG!!!! 

[evilatsnipe]

@geoffreyphilip 3 hours :) not 140

[geoffreyphilip]

@evilatsnipe yea 3 hours sounds more sensible, but that reporter said it was 140 hours, she might hav been on drugs eh lol

[evilatsnipe]

@geoffreyphilip she is not techie i think besides that time would be stand by time

[geoffreyphilip]

@evilatsnipe oh yea ur right.....

[abh3092]

@RpgMakerVXTutor --because the Americans are racist

[VictimOfBoredom]

@abh3092 Indian-Americans are racist?

[abh3092]

@VictimOfBoredom --i never said indian americans are racist

[VictimOfBoredom]

@abh3092 You said Americans are racist, no?

[abh3092]

@VictimOfBoredom -- by americans i mean white americans and not indian americans.Indian americans are not true americans

[Cronotfalcon]

wait can u say snytex did india make that computer virus? do we really need them any better with technology? i joke im not really a racist arrogant prick

[DowJones19]

Making important technology cheap in order to help poor people connect with the world is an honorable thing to do. India is amazing.

[forgottenmemories63]

@mhretchin i wouldn't know but I am guessing they would implement new Innovations & Technologies to go along with them, Like say for instance, A Wristwatch sized Computer Beams out a Touch Screen Hologram Control Panel in 2D that is Displayed anywhere we aim it at ?

Again, Anything is possible when we dream of it, So as Electronic components start to shrink smaller and smaller, The costs get reduced Exponentially & We are able to make the impossible possible :D

[PolskiMale]

does anyone see that gold thing in the video thats like a watermark, how do you do that.

[evilatsnipe]

@PolskiMale are you talking about AL-JAJEERA's logo? that belongs to Arab based English news channel

[nick41324]

i would rather buy a square on a piece of card board with the name apple on it than that piece of shit

[forgottenmemories63]

@nick41324 It isn't for you Americans anyway, it's just for Poor People in India and Third World Nations that can't afford Normal Tabs.

Neither have the makers claimed it's better than any other Tab, It's just a Simple Basic Tab meant for School Students to save records and share Projects in their Classes or just Casual browsing. We Indians are atleast doing our part in helping our Poor Catch up with the rest of Society.

[SoajanII]

@forgottenmemories63

You got the point mate.

[SenfeuIe]

@forgottenmemories63 come on.. dont act like india is the place where everything is great! i like your country, but its NOT AT ALL any better then every other country! i could send you so much stuff... your police for example might be one of the more cruel and corrupt ones in this world, and much more.. but like i said: no other country is any better! but good job for this laptop thing anyways... but we must ask the question "WHY is it so cheap" i dont know and i think dont want to? ;) ACAB!

[evilatsnipe]

@SenfeuIe true agree with Police example PS i am INDIAN.

[SenfeuIe]

@evilatsnipe police here in germany sucks ass too. but i would love to travel to india =( not enough money...

[evilatsnipe]

@SenfeuIe i will invite you when i will have enough money :D bcz i too, want to travel across INDIA ;)

[Thomaslmz]

@forgottenmemories63 nicely said ;)

[Redfingers]

Great, so how come a fuckin' TI-83 still runs me $130 at the university bookstore?

[VictimOfBoredom]

@Redfingers If people keep paying for it, they'll keep charging it. :)

[Redfingers]

@VictimOfBoredom

I have to keep paying $130 for a TI-83 because it's the only graphing calculator they allow on the high school and college level : (

It's such a racket it's insane.

[amaljoy3]

@VictimOfBoredom no man if it goes on to sell 1 million pieaces which it will they plan to subsidise the cost to approx 10$

[VictimOfBoredom]

@amaljoy3 "They" being the government, using citizens' own money paid via taxes, not the company that produces it.

[cbballbreaker1900]

junk!

[idontfkinknow1234]

1:35 lol @ terrible lag. This thing will be so fucking useless if it's not even able to scroll smoothly through a bunch of icons. gtfo india.

[evilatsnipe]

• Web browser - Standards Compliance: xHTML 1.1 compliant, JavaScript 1.8 compliant

• Separate application for online YouTube video

• Safety and other standards compliance

– CE certification / RoHS certification

Other: Additional Web Browser: UbiSurfer-Browser with compression/acceleration and IE8 rendering.

[evilatsnipe]

– Power and Battery: Up to 180 minutes on battery. AC adapter 200-240 volt range. • Software: – OS: Android 2.2 – Document Rendering • Supported Document formats: DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, XLS, XLSX, ODT, ODP • PDF viewer, Text editor – Multimedia and Image Display • Image viewer supported formats: PNG, JPG, BMP and GIF • Supported audio formats: MP3, AAC, AC3, WAV, WMA • Supported video formats: MPEG2, MPEG4, AVI, FLV – Communication and Internet

[evilatsnipe]

• Hardware:

– Processor: 366 Mhz with Graphics accelerator and HD Video processor

– Memory (RAM): 256MB RAM / Storage (Internal): 2GB Flash

– Storage (External): 2GB to 32GB Supported

– Peripherals (USB2.0 ports, number): 1 Standard USB port

– Audio out: 3.5mm jack / Audio in: 3.5mm jack

– Display and Resolution: 7” display with 800x480 pixel resolution

– Input Devices: Resistive touch screen

– Connectivity and Networking: WiFi IEEE 802.11.

[andrearoll79]

@evilatsnipe with this hardware you cant even open a PDF or a doc, how can you use it for study? It's such a waste, in a year a device with a cortex A8 and a capacitive screen will have the same price and that would be a proper device

[evilatsnipe]

@andrearoll79 my phone can open pdf and DOC, Nokia N79 with same processor speed, and it has graphics accelerator too(Plus point). and basically it is being made for poor students in INDIA it will not be available in market and its price will be around 2000 rupees(convert it into your currency wherever you belong).

[andrearoll79]

@evilatsnipe my phone too ( a 60$ phone ) can open pdf, but one thing is doing it and one thing is make you able to actually use it properly, especially for study. As i said before, you can find 50$ chinese tablets over ebay and their hardware is much better than this, i guess that a mass production of them would lower their price to 30$.

[MegaCrash88]

rubbish!

[mamatesh]

Good job India...

[lumberj23]

Hello, worlds cheapest computer tablet.

[supersankat2]

We are so fucking cheap...,, I bet some of us are going to haggle for this

[tdot06]

Sand niggers! THIS IS BULLSHIT they're have been ALOT of cheap tablets already irobot etc.

[jarvis612]

we need this sort of technology in the OPEN project. where there are no borders and no money. check my blog on google blogger from my channel page.

[Cooyah88]

In your face pakis!

[andrearoll79]

you can already find those device, with that same hardware on ebay from china for less than 50$. Where's the real innovation?

[squidfanny]

Very cool....... I want one :)

[novazee]

Why didn't the reporter point out that it is running android OS? Looks like a piece of crap. I don't care how cheap it is, if it's crappy I won't buy it for any amount of cash.

[BBP081]

@novazee actually she did "It runs on an android 2.2 operating system" at 1:14.

[andrearoll79]

@novazee it's not intended for you, it's intented for the millions of students in india that dont have money and cant afford a better device, and for them a crappy device is better that no device at all.

[novazee]

@andrearoll79 Fair enough.

[abh3092]

@RpgMakerVXTutor --do i look like a paki to you?

[bloodyhawk989]

INDIA,USA,AFGHANISTAN Vs PAKISTAN.1 India wants its land back 2 USA hates terrorist states 3 Afghanistan wants to be free of Pakistans proxy war using the talaban.

[Hairysteed]

I wish I could get 45$ from selling my old laptop :P

[kommireddypavan]

Red tapism in educational intitutions wil be bypassed which is high in india.india is making UIDs for all its citizens process started already.less paperwork to be done means less corruption which ranges from 10rs/20cents apprx to 48000rs/1000$ to get normal official work done.hope it helps avoid small officials.

[abh3092]

SUPERPOWER INDIA!

DEATH TO EVIL AMERICA

[vanvanbluz]

@abh3092 no death to evil zionist israel!

[kommireddypavan]

Dis tablet is nt fr playin games,high res utube vids & watchin HD movies for wat west use

its jst fr easy acces 2 info on net & educationl apps/ebooks.instd of borin govt txt buks 1 can c abt wat dey r studyin in pics,vids gud enough to undrstnd.maps,wiki,exm notifications,news,wil be at fingertips of normal student frm poor & lower middle clas.brodbnd penetranc is jst 2% in india.dis mks lot of sense in developin nation with large young pop who wanna be part of global economy.

[123xxt]

1:35 is is >> is this the screen?? or is it a transparent cover

O_O

[evilatsnipe]

@123xxt cover :D

[Evergr3entree]

@123xxt They seem content. Learn from them to appreciate the simple things in life!

[123xxt]

@Evergr3entree hey don't be close-minded .. tell me after you see that screen 1:35

[Evergr3entree]

@123xxt They're not marketing it towards you, so don't worry about it!

[123xxt]

@Evergr3entree yup for me its ok :)

but thats Laughing on people (like you) and draining their money

bye ; I

[Jalanko13]

It's not going to work. India's political and social systems have been notoriously corrupt, and the whole thing's going to fall through within the span of at least 3 years.

[Sh1nj1]

Someone said "necessity is the best inventor" up to now. He was right, our expensive brand named machines, for which we are all proud of. Are the invention of someone in need. "Stay hungry, keep foolish" Steve Jobs...

[ramanpreet44]

Fuckin Awesome...i m gonna buy this for sure!!

thumbs up if you want too!!

[movania89]

Its not about cheapest tablet, but its about the quality an the durability of any tablet .. This is no where compared to any hign end tablets of the industries..

[orangedac]

@movania89

how do you know.

most of the stuff out there is terribly over priced.

[FutureLaugh]

Mcdonalds next year will be giving this away for free inside a happy meal 

[charbroiledmonk1033]

@RpgMakerVXTutor dont you mean quantum computers? i dont think the next leap foward will be in size, it will be in the foundational tech.

[charbroiledmonk1033]

I could see the drawbacks to the tablet just by the quick demonstration.

very slow processor and a reflective surface, plus the touchscreen looks glitchy.

aaaaand that guy at the end summed up my comment crap.

[Th3Wab3]

isnt that what it's about at the end..Human Progress.. access to technology and information serves all much more than elitism.. bravo.. nations the world over can learn something from this..

[marketsdata]

America is Fucked, there is no way we are going to compete with China, India, Brazil etc this is further proof. Hey Obama where are the jobs you keep promising ? Oh wait a minute I know didn't you just send some more work to our friends in Korea! Bridges for California being built in China. Solar farms with panels imported from Spain. This is what Mr. Baraka Facka Flames has brought us CHANGE CHUMP CHANGE

[vanvanbluz]

@marketsdata HOPE AND CHANGE sounds like what a homeless guy lives on! haha

[VictimOfBoredom]

@kommireddypavan

"ur nt in position 2 criticize india."

And you "r nt" in a position to criticize "lazy fat westernrs", considering they tablet technology was made by them (yeah, Steve Jobs is *real* fat).

[kommireddypavan]

@VictimOfBoredom steve jobs is not fat bcos he is ill(had cancer and died yesterday)

i am talking about fat trolls like u...not steve jobs and wozniak

those trolls who criticize my country not those people who appreciate efforts of a developing nation

[VictimOfBoredom]

@kommireddypavan Well then you're retarded, because most Americans would support this idea.

Also, I'm 6'0" and 140 lbs, or 1.82m and 64 kgs. That makes me fat?

[kommireddypavan]

@VictimOfBoredom ur 6feet and 64 kgs nd ur getting offended ur r fat even if comment wasnt targetted personally at u?dude u r not fat.

i called fat bcos its the stereotyping not that trolls are fat,wat else can i crticize rich westerners other than being fat,which in actual sense i mean is smug,proud,bigotry etc

[VictimOfBoredom]

@kommireddypavan Well then call them smug, prideful, and bigoted, not fat. -_-

Besides, I repeat: Most Americans would support this idea and have positive thoughts about it.

[kommireddypavan]

@VictimOfBoredom k  :)

[jubinjibin]

@kommireddypavan lazy fat westerners / paki trolls whats with all the hate comments written by taking advantage of a tablet (made in india) LOL

[TheDesignthoughts]

sure it need more development !!

[vanvanbluz]

Its probably made of sandal wood lol

[iamufreak]

45$ is what most tablet should cost given most have 2.50$ worth of material in it,

[vanvanbluz]

@brucewanabe we have illegal alien parasites using up our health care system while India is developing the cheapest stuff along with china. something has to give.

[aburashdan]

@vanvanbluz don't blame the aliens, there is an old saying: flies attract shit. look at your own behind and you will know why you are a dumping ground of the world.

[vanvanbluz]

@aburashdan I agree with you, we have "shit for brains" politicians who placate to the illegal alien parasites demands, these liberal organizations that hate our country and want the brainless impoverished horde invade our lands. We need to put land mines on the border and guns in the hands of everyone, this is a real invasion of the lowest of the third world. These lowlifes contribute nothing but disease and more poverty.

[budoracle]

The world belongs to those who focus on peacefully helping people. Sadly it is not happening in North America

[xtinct2]

140 hours battery?!?!!!!!!!!

wtf?!!!!!!!!!

[icimblind]

They just copied the computer the McDonald employees use.

The only difference is there are no pictures of fries, shakes, and hamburgers on

it, and they can make exact change without the help of the manager.

[vcfirefox]

for Chirst sake, Allah sake , Rama sake or what ever sake you want , this $35 is aimed for poor villagers so they are hooked to rest of the world and benefit from it. Come on you haters, get out of the bed!

[Koldness99]

indian shit

[FatSongProduction]

For 45 bucks its good deal for People who never used tablet. But imo the tablet ram is too low, It lags whatever you do. Its Not like ipad or other tablet out there its lags

[shiftplusone80]

*cough* Raspberry Pi

[bennlonelyboy]

nice india, hope its will in better quality than made in china

[DynVec]

for 45$, it seem reasonable although I wonder about its battery ; I hope there's a way to run it plugged when the battery lifespan become too low (ie: 45 mins).

[cyberspy79]

needs more RAM

[quaxk]

I bet $45 is still a lot of money for them

[trofet]

Looks and feels like other tablets? Haha, it's so laggy and and the touch screen looks really bad.

[thegroove2000]

I could buy 5 curries for that and have better enjoyment.

[TankT9]

Great achievement! But why they just won't use linux so it would be more like a computer not a phone?

[Theowest]

WOAH! That's cheap.

[deeppurple28]

Is this why MORE Indians graduate from American schools than Americans? ROTFL ROTFL! Those fat retarded Americans are a JOKE!

[kdavidmcd]

@deeppurple28 Jealous?

[kdavidmcd]

@deeppurple28 Jealous?

[deeppurple28]

@kdavidmcd Jealous? You mean jealous of the fact that this product is Made in India, yet everything in America is Made in China? Maybe a little yes!

[deeppurple28]

@kdavidmcd Jealous? You mean jealous of the fact that this product is Made in India, yet everything in America is Made in China? Maybe a little yes!

[VictimOfBoredom]

@deeppurple28

"Is this why MORE Indians graduate from American schools than Americans?"

Uh...that just plain isn't true.

[VictimOfBoredom]

@deeppurple28 Also, it's funny, considering tablet computer technology in an American innovation...

[aloistmartin]

Not ANOTHER Golden Calf ! :}



[aloistmartin]

Golden Calf ? ... Sorry. :[

[deeppurple28]

Made in India! Fuck, That's awesome! In America, even the iPods say Made en Chine! XD XD XD

[aloistmartin]

Not ANOTHER Goden Calf !