A new affordable Android tablet has been announced which is aimed at providing educational information just like the Aakash. International education cloud company AcrossWorld has partnered with Delhi-based company Go-Tech to launch the 7-inch tablet with free access to cloud-based open educational resources and more
The ATab will be available in several color options and is priced at Rs.5,000. It will be available in India from second week of March.
The tablet will have a 7” TFT touchscreen, a 1.1 GHz processor, 512MB of RAM, 2GB of inbuilt memory which will be expandable up to 16 GB, Wi-Fi and an external 3G USB Dongle. It will also include three-year free and unlimited access to AcrossWorld Education’s proprietary and revolutionary education technology platform, EducationBridgeTM, which allows academic institutions, teachers and students to use a variety of content elements including Open Content, Open Educational Resources, Legacy Content and proprietary content sources to connect, collaborate, and innovate. It also includes professional services for deployment and training schools and colleges on using EducationBridgeTM to leverage premium global educational content
The ATab will be available in several color options and is priced at Rs.5,000. It will be available in India from second week of March.