DataWind, the Canadian company that is manufacturing Aakash, has started the online booking and pre booking of the much anticipated low cost Android tablet. Online booking is for students' version of the tablet and pre booking is for UbiSlate 7, the upgraded version of Aakash.

Students' version of Aakash will be available for Rs 2,500 and will be delivered in seven days. The commercial version, UbiSlate 7 is priced at Rs 2,999. The payment mode for both the tablets is cash on delivery.

The commercial version of Aakash tablet will be powered by Android 2.3 and will have a resistive touchscreen, Cortex A8-700 MHz processor and graphics accelerator HD video processor, 256 MB of RAM and 2 GB of internal memory.

Other specifications are a one standard USB port, 3.5 mm audio jack, a 7 inch display with 800 x 480 pixel resolution, resistive touchscreen, GPRS and WiFi support.

"The improved version of Aakash tablet will be available in retail outlets by January end," a spokesperson of DataWind told The Mobile Indian.

The tablet was to be made available in retail stores by the end of November. "The delay in the availability of the tablet has been due to upgradation in the tablet and some unforeseen delay in manufacturing," the spokesperson said.

To book and prebook student and commercial versions respectively of Aakash tablet, users have to visit DataWind's website and fill up the required form. In case of booking they will get a booking ID and a message which will state, "You will shortly receive an email confirmation from our support team with further details."

In case of pre booking users will get a confirmation message which will state, "The commercial version of the Akash UbiSlate 7 would be launched in early weeks of December. After the commercial launch we would get in touch with you to deliver your device as soon possible."

As a matter of fact, the confirmation message a reader will see is factually incorrect as The mobile Indian had reported earlier the Aakash tablet will be available only by January end.

Datawind has however not cleared how it is going to establish the identity of students who will book the cheapest version of Aakash tablet. When The Mobile Indian contacted spokesperson of Datwind he said, "Anyone can book the student version of Aakash tablet."

This defeats the purpose of providing students an affordable tablet as now anyone can place an order to get the tablet. Interestingly, now it has been revealed that the government has procured only 10,000 Aakash tablets for distribution in schools and colleges of the initial 1 lakh proposed.

It looks like the company was in a hurry to start the online booking process and has not done not proper homework before staring it.

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GPRS Settings Of All Operators (India) For Data Cards
Below is GPRS setting for all telecommunication  operators in India.

GPRS SETTINGS OF Reliance
APN: rcomnet
Access Number: *99#

GPRS SETTINGS OF Aircel
APN: aircelgprs
Access Number: *99***1#

GPRS SETTINGS OF Idea
APN: internet
Access Number: *99#

GPRS SETTINGS OF Docomo
APN: TATA.DOCOMO.INTERNET
Access Number: *99#

GPRS SETTINGS OF Airtel
APN: airtelgprs.com
Access Number: *99#

GPRS SETTINGS OF BSNL 3G
APN: bsnlnet
Access Number: *99#

GPRS SETTINGS OF BSNL 2G
APN: bsnlnet
Access Number: *99#

GPRS SETTINGS OF MTNL 3G
Postpaid: APN: mtnl3g
Prepaid APN: pps3g
Access Number: *99#

GPRS SETTINGS OF  Videocon
APN                 :  vinternet.com
Access Number :  *99#