Budget Tab Aakash 4 To Be More Powerful and Ubuntu Friendly

The Indian Government recently announced the next edition of the budget tablet , Aakash 4. It's price will be around Rs. 4000. The Aakash Tablets are aimed mainly at college and school students as an affordable option. As per the government notification, the tablet will come with a 7 inch LCD display having multi-touch upto 5 fingers and with atleast 800 x 480 px resolution.The Aakash 4 tablet will come with 1 Gb DDR3 Ram , 4 Gb Internal memory and a 32 GB micro SD card slot.

Budget Tab Aakash

Aakash 4 is expected to run on Android Jelly Bean 4.1.2 OS and the government has set a benchmark of 3537 Antutu points for the tablet. It may have a capability of supporting OpenGL ES 2.0 playing true HD720p with at least 30fps. As per the proposal Aakash 4 Is expected to support 4G.

Government has asked the proposed vendor to fit a battery in Aakash 4 that would give minimum 3 hours for online 720p video playback with maximum brightness, minimum 5 hours on web browsing, 6 hours on e-reader and 30 days of standby time.

If the final product will be anything like the proposed specifications by the government, then Aakash 4 would be the best low priced tablet available on the market.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Hits The Market On July 7th

The Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 (White Variant)

Tech-Giant Samsung recently announced the launch of The Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 which is expected to hit the U.S shores on July 7th. The Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 is the first Samsung tablet to run on Intel's new Atom Z2560 chipset. I am eager to see how it will be ranked amongst the 10-inch tablets in the market.

Quick Specs :

The Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 will be available at a price of $399 with 16GB Of Storage. It features a 1280 x 800 pixel Resolution PLS display with an Atom Z2560 chipset 1.6GHz Dual Core CPU, 1GB Ram, a 3MP camera capable of 720p video recording and will run on Android Jelly Bean 4.2. It will come in Two color variants i.e. White and Gold Brown.

The Galaxy Tab 3 7inch,8inch,10.1inch

Full Specifications : (Credit : GSMarena)

General :
2G Network -    GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SM-T310, SM-T315
3G Network -     HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - SM-T310, SM-T315
4G Network -    LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - SM-T315
SIM -    Micro-SIM
Announced -    2013, June
Status -    Coming soon. Exp. release 2013, Q3
Body :
Dimensions  -   209.8 x 123.8 x 7.4 mm (8.26 x 4.87 x 0.29 in)
Weight  -   314 g (11.08 oz)
Display :  
Type  -   TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size  -   800 x 1280 pixels, 8.0 inches (~189 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch   -  Yes
Sound :   
Alert types  -   Vibration, MP3 ringtones
Loudspeaker -    Yes, with stereo speakers
3.5mm jack  -   Yes, Dolby Surround sound enhancement
Data :  
GPRS  -   Yes
EDGE  -   Yes
Speed   -  HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
WLAN   -  Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth   -  Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Infrared port  -   Yes
USB   -  Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB Host
Camera :   
Primary  -   5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features   -  Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection
Video  -   Yes, 720p@30fps
Secondary  -   Yes, 1.3 MP
Memory :
Card slot  -   microSD, up to 64 GB
Internal  -  16GB, 1.5 GB RAM
Features :
OS     Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Chipset  -   Exynos 4212
CPU   -  Dual-core 1.5 GHz
GPU  -   Mali-400MP
Sensors  -   Accelerometer, compass, proximity (3G/LTE models only)
Messaging  -   SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser  -   HTML5
Radio  -   No
GPS  -   Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Java   -  Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
Colors  -   White
- SNS integration
- MP4/DivX/Xvid/FLV/MKV/H.264/H.263 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/Flac player
- TV-out (via MHL A/V link)
- Organizer
- Image/video editor
- Document viewer
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa
- Voice memo/dial
- Predictive text input (Swype)
Battery :         
Non-removable Li-Ion 4450 mAh battery
Stand-by Talk time -    Up to 11 h (multimedia)
Music play  -   Up to 96 h
Misc :    
SAR US  -   0.83 W/kg (body)   
SAR EU  -   0.55 W/kg (body)     

Hit Or Flop ?
Time will tell if The Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 will be a Hit or a Flop amongst the tech-enthusiasts. But according to its price and specs and keeping in mind other high performing 10-inch tablets like the Google Nexus 10, the Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 specs seems unimpressive.

(Video Credit : GSMarena)

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