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a $35 tablet running android 2.2 in India

Ministry of Human Resource Development under Govt. of India had promised in 2010 that they will provide a low cost, android based tablet for the needy mass of the Indian population which can't afford the basic resources such as internet and exactly after an year they have launched "Akash" (in Hindi it means sky).
Most of India's 1.2 billion people are poor and products such as Apple Inc's iPad are beyond the reach even of many in the fast-growing middle class.
The low-cost device is part of the government's larger initiative aimed at improving India's educational system through technology
Technical specifications:--
*Operating system: Android 2.2
*Screen: 7″ resistive
*Processor: 366 MHz + HD video co-processor (or 600MHz by a U.S. company Conexant Systems. I'm not sure which one of the either)
*RAM: 256 MB
*Flash memory: 2GB + 2GB Micro-SD (expandable up to 32 GB)
*USB ports: 2
*Network: WiFi (GPRS & 3G options) SIM module will be added preferably in next batch
*180 minutes of battery power, two USB ports
*multimedia and videoconferencing capabilities
Best of all this is developed & made in India.
chron(.)com/business/article/India-announces-cheap-computer-for-rural-poor-2203509.php
reuters(.)com/article/2011/10/05/us-india-tablet-idUSTRE7940YV20111005

yup all over the news
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/05/us-india-tablet-idUSTRE7940YV20111005
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what do you think of it ??

this tablet is small slow and etc.
but 35$? this is awesome!
this is useful to children.

it isn't that slow... It has separate HD video co-processor so even a 1080p video runs smoothly on it .

35$? It's like for free...

reminds me...
Anyone else recall an effort a few years back to give impoverished third world villages free laptops? They ran linux, had rechargeable batteries with a crank-winder, and were rather minimally powered. This sounds like a much better deal to me.

India rocks!

180mins of battery life.......
Oh wrll , I guess that's what you get for $35
Forever living in my Galaxy Ace using XDA App

For that money, why not..

It's very good because it helps to indian people to touch technology.

EmoBoiix3 said:
180mins of battery life.......
Oh wrll , I guess that's what you get for $35
Forever living in my Galaxy Ace using XDA App
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3 hours of display is pretty cool on a tablet for $35...!!! Our $500 phones barely touch the 4 hour mark for most people!

EmoBoiix3 said:
180mins of battery life.......
Oh wrll , I guess that's what you get for $35
Forever living in my Galaxy Ace using XDA App
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Its the first try, and 3 hours on something for $35 is ok
They can improve it in the future once they get enough feedback, perhaps a faster proccy + big battery n a capacitative screen with maybe ics , and yea increase the cost a bit for this new version
Its too good, everyone can fell the android experience

I was the only one who voted "Naaaahhh...!!!!!" wtf lol

Eddie Bombay said:
I was the only one who voted "Naaaahhh...!!!!!" wtf lol
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I will vote that, too. Resistive? really? How much can it rAise (price)??

rocks!
this is GREAT! always like to see people helping people!

netomx said:
I will vote that, too. Resistive? really? How much can it rAise (price)??
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actually screen is the price deciding factor in most cases... it saves nearly rupees 5-7k per tablet which is more than the current price. Capacitive and amoLED screens are way too much costlier !!!1

Then it is easy to see and estimate all marketing markups on the manufacturing costs ...
At the end of the day we pay for the brand mainly ...

If it had the battery power it would be the perfect as a portable media player considering it has an SD slot and can supposedly play media well

wow what u guys except for $35?

Holy Sh*t Nexus Prime Full Photo Updated Now in Action

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Now in action. Guess the photo above was real or the closest guess possible. Hardware Is REAL.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1Ppb7RDjL4&feature=player_embedded
Im stoked................
GSMARENA
Update: A new batch of rumored specs have surfaced over on GSM Arena, and these seem to be more in line with what we'd expect of a new Nexus. According to an anonymous Google employee, that 4.65-inch Super AMOLED HD display mentioned above is just about the only spec to make the final cut. The processor, however, is more likely to be a dual-core 1.5GHz Exynos (that's right) with an accompanying dual-core PowerVR SGX543MP2 graphics chip. That rear facing camera? Try 8 megapixels with a newly beefed up sensor. The handset should also ship with a girthy 2,050mAh battery fully capable of juicing this apparent LTE / CDMA / GSM Android monster.

Ugh...too bad it's verizon only.

I just hope that ICS comes with Chrome as the default browser instead of the one they use now.

I'm really concerned of amoled burn out. With ICS since the buttons will be virtual on screen buttons won't the constant black bar at the bottom of the screen burn out the amoled pixels?
I have burn out on the notification bar on my galaxy s.

BS on the pic on the right
BS on the photo on the right. The pic on the right looks painted in. Also the smooth edges of the pic on the left don't match the pic on the right. I'm raising the BS flag.

J132wray said:
BS on the photo on the right. The pic on the right looks painted in. Also the smooth edges of the pic on the left don't match the pic on the right. I'm raising the BS flag.
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Nice shoop detector

http://www.bgr.com/2011/10/04/purported-nexus-prime-image-revealed/
Most believe that the pic in the link here is a legit "teaser" of the real Nexus Prime. It was posted the same day as Apple's big *cough* event the other day. The pic in the link clearly shows a phone with much softer edges around the bottom corner of the device.
Nice try tho! LOL
Bring on Christmas!....I mean Oct. 11th.
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They also left a lot of exif details on the image. Great work anyways - took 7 hours of Photoshopping to get to this image.
http://regex.info/exif.cgi?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2F28.media.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_lsnx2zXUMh1r4smp9o1_r1_500.jpg

I will leave my AT&T contract early for this phone.

no need to leave...i still think this device will be on all carriers
it will launch first on verizon
with it filtering to the other carriers shortly thereafter

dan828 said:
Ugh...too bad it's verizon only.
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rage mode activated!!!!!!

bames said:
no need to leave...i still think this device will be on all carriers
it will launch first on verizon
with it filtering to the other carriers shortly thereafter
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This. 10char

I'm pretty sure that's a fake.

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Oz. said:
I'm pretty sure that's a fake.
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Cheers, fellow WPBeacher I'm downtown at City Place. Small world!
And yes, that pic on the right is fake.

I'll just leave this right here...

studacris said:
I'll just leave this right here...
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nice find
its interesting there is alot of conflicting information on this device....some sources still reporting a 1.2 dual core TI cpu rather than the 1.5 exynos and some reporting that despite other recent leaked specs that it may actually come with a 8mp camera not that....that is as big a deal for most users other than perception.

All these discrepancies in specs are crazy.
Maybe the Verizon version (Droid Prime) has different specs than the phone that's hitting the other carriers (Galaxy Nexus).
Not that I'd even notice the difference, but I'm kind of hoping the AT&T variant gets the Exynos processor. I hear they scream.
And I really freaking hope this phone isn't exclusive with Verizon for a long period of time. I hate it when they do that.
If I have to wait more than a couple weeks after the Verizon launch, I'm going to call Samsung, keep asking to talk to the next manager up the chain, and when I've gotten the highest person they'll let me talk to, I'll unleash a string of expletives that would make my mom pass out followed by the plea "I'm stuck with AT&T...DON'T YOU WANT MY MONEY??????" Then I'll call Google and do the same thing.

inurb said:
I'm really concerned of amoled burn out. With ICS since the buttons will be virtual on screen buttons won't the constant black bar at the bottom of the screen burn out the amoled pixels?
I have burn out on the notification bar on my galaxy s.
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I have had my captivate for over a year and I get about 4 hours of screen on time daily and I have no burn in on the top when I flip the screen it all looks perfect maybe its inlt certain phones
Currently Pinnacle 1.2 and have never been happier

Just a matter of time and there will be a gsm version. 90 % of the world's phones are gsm, they will be wanting a piece of that pie.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using xda premium

even more promising evidence of an ATT prime:
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2011/10/08/samsung-nexus-prime-launching-soon-on-att/

Looks like I know what I'll be spending my upgrade on in May 2012

Motorola Atrix 3 Concept

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Quad-core nVidia Tegra 3 SoC
Android 4.x Ice Cream Sandwich
4.3-inch HD display with a resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels
3,300mAh battery
10-megapixel camera
2GB of RAM
http://pocketnow.com/android/motorola-atrix-3-leaks-with-quad-core-processor-huge-battery
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narta said:
O
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Quad-core nVidia Tegra 3 SoC
Android 4.x Ice Cream Sandwich
4.3-inch HD display with a resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels
3,300mAh battery
10-megapixel camera
2GB of RAM
http://pocketnow.com/android/motorola-atrix-3-leaks-with-quad-core-processor-huge-battery
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Battery life is going to be questionable
AOKP 4 LYF

I need some help with my motorola Atrix II. I boot up and there is a program that is trying to run and a scre pops up saying the application launcher (process com.koushikdutta.launcher2) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again. I hit force close and the error message keeps poppiing up. I cant do anything on my phone.

scoffyburito said:
Battery life is going to be questionable
AOKP 4 LYF
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Yeah 1.5 or 2 days?

This looks alot like the gnexus. I bet this is the phone motorola submitted to google in the bid to become the 3rd nexus. i dont see capacitive buttons so maybe its a sign of things to come for motorola's 2012 lineup *fingerscrossed*

3300 mAh will handle it, I think!

Update: Seems just a concept

love my atrix, think im going to stick with this line for a while

Even though this most likely is just a concept phone, the whole internet is squirting over this phone, makes you wonder why Moto doesnt take a hint and make this a reality. Instead theyll release something crappy.

Definitely should be the next Nexus.

That would definitely be one sexy looking thing! We will find out soon at the MWC if these specs begin to become standard, especially battery capacity. If motorola can fit such a large capacity into such a thin device like the razr maxx why would the other manufacturers not be able to do it?

I call severe BS!
2GB RAM? 3300mAh battery?

The Atrix 1 & 2 were trash, why would you get excited about 3? Wow, great specs...and a locked bootloader!

whenever the best developers have the phone timeline in their sig i see atrix followed by sgs2, no complaints on the atrix, most find it to be a solid performer and considering it is a year old its still going head to head with other phones, also it had a 1950 ground breaking batt, i think this falls inline, dont ask me about A2 though

lies.
and you fell for them.
buahahahaha.

ifalldownalot said:
lies.
and you fell for them.
buahahahaha.
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Thanks, we already figured that out last page.

A phone with those specs would def sell well and I hope to see one like this in a week at MWC

Wut?
lowandbehold said:
The Atrix 1 & 2 were trash, why would you get excited about 3? Wow, great specs...and a locked bootloader!
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Those are some strong words considering it was once the worlds most powerful phone and OC'd today can perform as well(if not outperform) todays new phones....
qhd, dual core, 1gb ram, 1930mah still pretty good for today's spec considering its over a year old.

lowandbehold said:
The Atrix 1 & 2 were trash, why would you get excited about 3? Wow, great specs...and a locked bootloader!
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i have an atrix 1 with functional ICS thanks to Jokersax , i also UNLOCKED my bootloader and can make it run at speeds to match the note. this is the best phone i ever used ..i have been out of contract and i still don't see ANY phone worth switching to on the market in the US yet.

Ideas on HTC's next "phablet" and other large screen GNote competitors?

Just switched to Verizon but am still extremely interested in the Galaxy Note. I'm hesitant to switch and purchase what seems like previous gen hardware as we have the SIII and the X out or releasing soon with quad cores or the S4 processor. Definitely interested in the larger screen though after playing with a Note.
What are likely competitors in the "phablet" field I should look forward to coming this summer, and which of these are viable alternatives to the Note?
Thoughts?
Here's a link referencing the upcoming HTC device on Verizon:
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/334159/20120427/htc-phablet-samsung-galaxy-note-verzion-razr.htm

galaxy nexus has true hybrid mode, the screen does not matter at all. what you call "phablet" is a screen that is wasted, so badly wasted that you'd feel sad if you knew what could be possible. even on a small s2 hybrid mode would make more sense than what you have on your huge htc or note - because google's left a blank spot between tiny phone and huge tablet and forgot to fill it. manufacturers are blowing phones out with huge displays and aosp ics can never, ever use them. in fact you get silly one column-layouts (made for handsets like the htc wildfire or even smaller) and buttons made for bearpaws.
these are from nexus in hybrid mode. you cant use a screen better than this.
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last feature, per-app-layoutmode where you can chose on the fly if you prefer your apps to be in tablet or mobile layout
both screenshots made without reboot
phone runs in dpi 192 tablet mode
gmail left 240 tablet mode
gmail right 320 phone mode

Thanks for the info. That's awesome but I'm still interested in the larger screen, which would be even better with the software you've demonstrated.

2.5ghz quad Core Krait, 2gb ram, 5" 1080p display, big battery, 12mp camera.
Simple.

The best looking phone/tablet hybrid coming out anytime soon is the Asus Padfone.
Here's a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBTc3gn7jBE

sreza said:
The best looking phone/tablet hybrid coming out anytime soon is the Asus Padfone.
Here's a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBTc3gn7jBE
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The Padfone is a phone that becomes a tablet.It's not something in between.The idea is nice,but it's not what this thread is about.
That aside,I really hope that other manufacturers start making "tablet docks" or something for their devices,although it's highly unlikely,as it would render their tablets useless.

i really think the htc phablet will stand a chance next to the note2
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tolis626 said:
The Padfone is a phone that becomes a tablet.It's not something in between.The idea is nice,but it's not what this thread is about.
That aside,I really hope that other manufacturers start making "tablet docks" or something for their devices,although it's highly unlikely,as it would render their tablets useless.
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and im gonna carry around a 10 inch phone with me?

paintball23456 said:
i really think the htc phablet will stand a chance next to the note2
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and im gonna carry around a 10 inch phone with me?
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Don't tell me you didn't say that about the 5.3 inch Note at some point.
It should just serve you just as you would use a tablet,nothing more.

tolis626 said:
Don't tell me you didn't say that about the 5.3 inch Note at some point.
It should just serve you just as you would use a tablet,nothing more.
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i didn't actually i had one but i lost it fell into the pool at a party it was in my back pocket and i forgot it was there till i needed to make a call :'(

Whatever note size phone that comes to Verizon will be mine
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What do you think of the brand new Huawei Ascend P1?

Hey guys I want you to share your thoughts about the brand new Huawei phone, The Ascend P1
First a brief introduction of the phone.
DISPLAY
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
540 x 960 pixels, 4.3 inches (~256 ppi pixel density)
Corning Gorilla Glass
DIMENSIONS
127.4 x 64.8 x 7.7 mm
110 g
SOUND
Dolby Mobile 3.0 Plus sound enhancement
MEMORY
Card slot microSD, up to 32 GB
Internal 1 GB RAM, 4 GB ROM
FEATURES
Android Ice Cream Sandwich, STOCK ICS
Chipset TI OMAP 4460
CPU Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortext-A9
GPU PoverVR SGX540
CAMERA
Primary 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, dual-LED flash, BSI
Features Geo-tagging, HDR
Video [email protected]
Secondary 1.3 MP 720p
BATTERY
Li-Ion 1670 mAh, with 30% saving technology from Huawei
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Extended review with benchmarks, you will be amazed, faster than the G Nexus and S2
http://mobile.benchmark.rs/mobilni_telefoni/review_huawei_ascend_p1_u9200_english_version/strana_5/
I really like this phone, looks elegant, its very powerful under the hood and its price is reasonable. So im going to buy it soon.
It would be really cool create a forum in order to get development for this incredible phone!
Cheers.

please any website to buy it online?? i want it so badly..

birginioss said:
please any website to buy it online?? i want it so badly..
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Not that I know of. One friend of mine is going to buy it for me in China . But it will be available worldwide very soon , June-July

It's available in China now. Cost about 10% more than the Galaxy Nexus. Look forward to the P1S version.

tinotinotino said:
It's available in China now. Cost about 10% more than the Galaxy Nexus. Look forward to the P1S version.
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It cost 470 USD actually for the P1. Dont know the current price of the Galaxy nexus (2011) right now
The P1 s version cost about 150 USD extra, reaching easily 600 USD, not worth it in my opinion. Why would you pay 150 extra box for 1mm thickness?

tinotinotino said:
It's available in China now. Cost about 10% more than the Galaxy Nexus. Look forward to the P1S version.
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Can you provide a link?

Ascend P1 costs only $429 at an online shop. Check it out here: www.chinaphonereview.com/huawei-ascend-p1-u9200

hi guys i bought mine at this site http://www.liaow.com/huaweiascendp1u9200.asp so far so good! i really love this phone!

This looks similar to the Galaxy S2, similar features too.
Are there many Rom's? and how does the default skin they overlay go?
Is the Camera comparable with other flagship phones out there?

Hmmm, Looks nice, I love that it has SD card support.

Ascend D1 is better for its 720p screen.
It has come to China 3 days ago, Russia in August.

shelz said:
Ascend D1 is better for its 720p screen.
It has come to China 3 days ago, Russia in August.
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Are you in China? Any idea how much an Ascend D1 costs?

It's an amazing cellphone for that price,however;ascend D quad is around the corner,which makes me hesitate.
Just read tech specs about ascend D,you'll like it more.
http://www.huaweidevice.com/worldwide/productFeatures.do?pinfoId=3265&directoryId=6001&treeId=3745&tab=0

P1 is great! It will be available in Europe starting from August, as far as I know, on prices between 350-400 euro. However, there is the new D2 coming out soon (no idea when it will be available in Europe).
In China, the price for P1 is around 2200 RMB, that is 280 Euros. However, please note that the Chinese version IS NOT compatible to GAPPS! You need to install over a World/Europe ROM.
The phone itself is just geat! The speed is impressive! Camera is good (with some features not encountered in standard camera software). There are also all sort of Huawei apps, that are very good and I mention here a FULL backup software, for applications and data (does not require root as it is integrated). It supports FaceUnlock. There are a lot of other goodies not to mention. My opinion: a very good value for the money!
Just got the latest UI from Huawei. It is really impressive. A little bit MIUI like, but as it is done by Huawei developers, I think that the integration is much better. Could not find a problem yet, I am proud to be a owner of this.

It is an amazing phone
Sent from my U9200 using xda app-developers app

I love my Ascend P1 so much! It's a really good device, and there is a new 4.3 ROM under developement by spanorg: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44775438 Check it out!

It looks very nice.