datawind's Aakash 2 tablet now on sale in U.Kfor $30 as a UVI slate 7Ci

Datawind's famous Aakash 2 tablet that was initially designed to revolutionise education in India is now on sale in the UK under the moniker UbiSlate 7Ci.

The 7-inch tablet is available to order now from the UbiSlate UK website for £30. Not surprisingly, the Ubislate 7Ci's specs are much less impressive than other budget Android tablets, but then it is primarily aimed at bringing the experience of the internet to those who would not otherwise be able to afford the hardware to access it.

The display offers an 800x480-pixel resolution, a 1GHz processor and 4GB of memory, which can be expanded with a microSD card by up to 32GB. It runs a modified version of Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich and is packed with in-built educational apps and games.

Also on sale in the UK are the 3G-enabled UbiSlate 7C+, which costs £50, and the UbiSLate 3G7, which costs £130 and includes a whole year of basic mobile internet, as well as offering a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and a higher-resolution screen.

Tuli first announced Datawind would be bringing the tablet to the UK at the Wired 2013 event in October. At the same time he pledged to significantly disrupt the tablet market by bringing low cost devices to the market that will push out the high end. Tuli pledged that the next Datawind tablet will have a processor equal to the one in the iPad 4.

source : www.wired.co

iPad air contract prices in South Africa

The new iPad Air from Apple recently went on sale in South Africa, available through a number of retail chains, First National Bank (FNB), andVodacom.

A Wi-Fi only iPad Air can be had from R5,999 (16GB) and a model with 3G/LTE support starts at R7,799 (16GB). A number of contract options were also available at launch.

Vodacom lists contracts on its 1GB, 2GB, and 3GB mobile data packages for the 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB iPad Air models.

iStore has also advertised that it is selling iPads on Vodacom contracts that are priced similarly to the deals on the mobile network’s website.

One deal not listed on the Vodacom website that is on offer at iStore is for a 16GB Wi-Fi only iPad Air on Vodacom MyGig1 for R379/month.

There are also discounts on offer from iStore if you trade in your old iPad, with a reduction of at least R100/month promised on a functional, undamaged iPad 2.

Third and fourth generation iPads (iPad 3 & 4) may also be traded in, iStore said.

FNB cheque and private bank account holders are also able to buy iPads on monthly repayment plans, but without a cellular contract.

At the time of writing the bank bundled a cover, screen guard, and R100 iStore voucher with any iPad bought on its smart device promotion for clients.

source: www.mybroadband.co