Datawind Tablet

British hardware manufacturer Datawind, the Government of India's low-cost tablet Aakash maker, has emerged as a surprise candidate to become the third largest tablet vendor technology, according to the latest figures from market researcher Saibrmidia research.

During the period from July to September, Datawind had to face criticism for missing deadlines to deliver the 2263 rupees Aakash to the government, the market share of 12% in the tablet market in India, according to cybermedia. This does not include sales of Aakash tablets to the government.

Sold more than 1 million tablets in India during the three months up September. Samsung leads the Indian market tablet with a 24% market share, followed by local Micromax seller that about 15% of the market share. The company said the total number of research tablets in India to close at 3 million units in 2012.

According to Cybermedia, launched close to 135 vendors 3Q tablets until 2012. The company said in the next quarter research it expects Windows 8 tablets based gain market share.

"I expect this to be the last quarter that will show the results of this kind of 'stereotype" typical rating for the India market. 4Q in 2012 and until 2013, we expect to see a change in the rankings, with world leaders such as Apple and Google coming into their own, especially after the launch of Apple Inc. and Google Mini Nexus range of media tablets, respectively.

The average value of tablets sold in India during this period about 13,200 rupees, while 63.5% of all sales were below the Rs 10,000 mark. The report said that the Indian market is expected to see the disk 100% growth in 2013, with a number of tablets sold to 6 million units.

Bangalore, India: Datawind said that a tender for the next version of Aakash is likely to be called in February.

Although the specifications of the new system is yet to be announced, and the company confirmed that it urges the Government to include mobile connection.

Singh said take Suneet, CEO of Datawind, CIOL: "We have been urging the Government to include mobile communications (GPRS at least) in the devices we have said that it can be implemented at the same price in the long larger quantities. This idea seems to be gaining some traction. "

"The government hopes that in larger amounts, and they will be able to integrate faster processor and more memory within the same price," assume he adds.

Currently, 2 Aakash powered by the Android operating system is available commercially as 7Ci UbiSlate for Rs 4499 while the government and giving it to students at a subsidized price of Rs 1,130.

Here we can mention Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Kapil Sibal said recently. "Aakash is a type of product that two-thirds of the world's population in need because they do not have enough resources to buy Tablet worth $ 150. Aakash disk will be a game changer for the world."