There has been a lot of chatter about the newly unveiled Aakash 2
tablet, but unfortunately a lot of that buzz has had very little to do
with the tablet itself. With all the controversy over whether the tablet
is really an off-the-shelf product from China, there has been very
little notice paid to its functionality. How does it perform? Can it
hold its own against other cheap tablets? And will it really succeed in
introducing the Internet to India’s rural students?
Datawind has trumpeted the tablet as being a huge improvement over its buggy predecessor.
In an interview with Firstpost
Datwind CEO Suneet Singh Tuli said the improved features included, “the
capacitative screen (which makes for smoother touch interface), a
longer battery life (four hours), faster processing speeds – with a 1
GHz processor and 512 MB RAM and flash memory doubled from 2MB to 4 MB –
an additional front-facing VGA camera for video conferences and calls,
a G-sensor and Android’s latest Ice Cream Sandwich OS.”
AFP
- But what do the critics say?
The Think Digit website has performed a fairly detailed review of the tablet, and says that while it passed all of its standard tests, the tablet is (not wholly unexpectedly) quite slow.
Highlights of the review:
- Speed/Performance:
- The device:
Segan is fairly impressed with the look and feel of the tablet,
saying it “The Ubislate is actually quite slim and easy to hold”.
However he does note that the device “doesn’t have a viewing angle as
much as a viewing point, and the touch screen takes some noticeable
pressure to activate.”
- Utility
Although slow, Seagan says that the tablet is functional, and is a
good enough device to introduce Indian students to the Internet. “if
it’s this or no Internet, this will get you on the Internet”, he says.
Source : FirstPost
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