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Packed with improved features, Aakash 2 - the new version of the original low-cost tablet - was launched by President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday the occasion of National Education Day.

The build quality is average, but considering the sub-Rs 5,000 price tag, the tablet is worth the money.

The initiative would highlight the country's innovation involved in the \"most competitively priced\" tablet computer.

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The company has already received pre-booking orders for 3 million units of Ubislate 7+ and they are still coming in. Though DataWind has tied up with new manufacturers, it may have trouble meeting the demand for the Rs 3,000 tablet.

The computer tablet priced at Rs 2,250 - touted as the world's cheapest - has barely taken off as only 650 units have actually reached students.

The new tablet is pitched to have a better 3200m AH battery with a three-hour backup, a 700 MHz Cortex A8 processor and a capacitive touch screen.

The government has received a positive response from companies across the world that are keen to manufacture the world's cheapest tablet.

The tablet has become all the rage in education. By packing a student's entire curriculum within its hardware, or allowing her to access it from the cloud - remote servers - it threatens to make the schoolbag obsolete.

The seven-inch FunBook is based on the Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich platform and has a 1.22 GHz processor.

The new version is being developed by two state-owned technology firms that were brought on board after issues with Datawind, the tablet's original maker.

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The firm has won the Smart UK project award for developing and manufacturing the UbiSlate - a 7-inch Android powered tablet for just $35.

Asus along with Nvdia is all set to launch the first quad core tablet upgraded to Android's Ice-Cream Sandwich in India on March 1.

State-owned telecom services provider BSNL has launched three tablets with the cheapest model costing a mere Rs 3250

The manufacturers of India's cheapest Aakash tablet in a statement says the report of dissociation with the project appears to be false.

The telecom minister said Datawind will not be associated with it anymore and C-DAC and ITI have been roped in for its development.

Alarmed by the negative feedback from every quarter, Aakash's procurer IIT Rajasthan revised the low-cost tablet's criteria, demanding that the device be shock-proof, waterproof and meet US military specifications. Its maker Datawind cries foul, stating that it has adhered to the original requirements.

Accepting that differences have crept into the relationship between Aakash creator Datawind and the Human Resource Development Ministry, Sibal said: \"We believe in resolving issues.\"