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The progress and advancement of technology and smartphones have launched a war between smartphone companies. In India, following the principle of ‘survival of the fittest,’ as much as 41 companies will exit, due to lack of growth.

Headquartered in Canada, DataWind is known for providing low cost tablet computers, like Aakash, to developing countries including India. The company launched a low-cost smartphone Pocketsurfer GZ last week that offers free internet for…

Canada-based low-cost tablet and smartphone maker, DataWind has launched another smartphone in its PocketSurfer series. Called as PocketSurfer GZ, the phone is priced at Rs. 1,499 and comes with 1 year free internet browsing.…

4G is a necessity today and it is far better than the low quality 2G and 3G services we were getting till the middle of this year. Large handset makers are now focusing on delivering smartphones which are 4G LTE ready and not very…

Remember the time, over a decade ago, when Reliance started offering cellular services – they had come up with Rs. 500 mobile handset. That move on-boarded hundreds of thousands of users across the country into mobile age. Looks like…

Datawind, which manufactures low cost tablets Akash has partnered with BSNL to offer free one year Internet to all its users. This offer is only for their UbiSlate 7Cz and UbiSlate 3G7 tablet buyers. Additionally, they have also…

Datawind wants to cash in big time on exposure it has received with Aakash tablets. All the controversies & issues with Aakash tablets aside, they have announced launch of 2 commercial upgraded versions of Aakash tablet – Ubislate7+ and…

In last few days there has been a talk about Datawind being the shown the door - Most of the online media sites covered this story. We also wrote about it citing NDTV & Livemint articles. However, the reality seems to be quite…

Reliance Industries could probably team up with Aakash tablet maker, Datawind to bring a 4G tablet. Not just a 4G tablet but possibly the cheapest tablet by a big brand available commercially. The ambitious target of both Reliance and…

Aakash, which received nothing but flak from most of the media, is sailing across the Atlantic to meet some Americans. I’m not sure if this will be available for retail. In fact, I would advise, Datawind, Aakash tablet makers to not do…