Focusing on low cost smartphone markets in Tier-II and Tier-III cities, the phones are priced at Rs. 2,499 and 3,999 respectively.

The company has also launched a new tablet at a price of Rs 4,999 in association with Naaptol.

The new range of PocketSurfer smartphones is powered with free unlimited internet browsing for one year on Reliance.

The company said the device will be based on Android operating system and have a 3.5 inch size.

The tablet comes with a 7-inch scratch resistant capacitative touch screen, Wi-Fi, 2G, 3G and 4G connectivity, 4GB internal storage, external memory card slot with storage capacity of up to 32 GB, front camera, etc.

Tuli is now bidding for Aakash 4, a project that aims to take cheap tablets beyond schools into the hands of various central and state government departments.

The UbiSlate 7Cx will be the cheapest tablet in the Indian market with cellular connectivity.

With the proliferation of tablets and smartphones, there are millions of parents globally wondering if they are bringing up a generation of technology-addicted - or even worse, technology-dependent - children.

Worldwide tablet shipments in the second quarter fell nearly 10 per cent to 45.1 million units from the first three months of the year.

Govt has finalised specifications of next version of low-cost tablet Aakash which would be ready by January 2014.

Datawind CEO Suneet Singh Tuli says the government must look at reducing duty on computing devices to benefit from the economic prosperity that the move could bring in.

DataWind has pitched that the next version of the low-cost computing devices must have inbuilt modems to provide easy Internet access.

Datawind CEO Suneet Singh Tuli has said he is \"proud\" that certain components of the low-cost tablet Aakash were sourced from Beijing.

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

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.

Created for students with the aim of bridging the 'digital divide' between the rich and poor, the 'world's cheapest tablet' received poor feedback. Since then the processor and battery have been modified.

The researchers at Datawind, the makers of the low-cost tablet Aakash, take a small step for their company, a giant leap for computing devices. Their Ubislate, or Aakash, tablet comes at a rock-bottom price.