Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Aakash UbiSlate 7

2011-10-19 Thread Gautam John
On 18 October 2011 17:16, Sudhanwa Jogalekar sudhanwa@gmail.com wrote: Overall, for just 3K , it seems worth buying considering its functionality like internet connectivity, phone calling, various apps etc.. Maybe I will go for one more as standby and still spend just 6k. Sudhanwa, the

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Aakash UbiSlate 7

2011-10-19 Thread Vickram Crishna
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 7:39 AM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.orgwrote: On 18 October 2011 17:16, Sudhanwa Jogalekar sudhanwa@gmail.com wrote: Overall, for just 3K , it seems worth buying considering its functionality like internet connectivity, phone calling, various apps etc..

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Aakash UbiSlate 7

2011-10-18 Thread Vickram Crishna
Aakash is probably great value for money. But the question is, is it the best our students deserve. I think not. Some confusion, I think, about what constitutes value for money. A badly put together device that has every possibility of failing, and does not have sufficient battery life to get

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Aakash UbiSlate 7

2011-10-18 Thread Sudhanwa Jogalekar
On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 3:09 PM, Vickram Crishna vvcris...@radiophony.com wrote: Aakash is probably great value for money. But the question is, is it the best our students deserve. I think not. Some confusion, I think, about what constitutes value for money. A badly put together device that

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Aakash UbiSlate 7

2011-10-18 Thread Jessie Wild
Is it possible to get one of these to test the Kiwix offline Wikipedia on? Would be interesting to do some usability testing during the India Hackathon. On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 2:39 AM, Vickram Crishna vvcris...@radiophony.comwrote: Aakash is probably great value for money. But the question is,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Aakash UbiSlate 7

2011-10-18 Thread Vickram Crishna
From what has been noised, it will not be available until December. Since the IBN review mentions an actual piece, there clearly are some floating about, but one would probably need to get in touch with MoHRD to get access. On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Jessie Wild jw...@wikimedia.org wrote:

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Aakash UbiSlate 7

2011-10-06 Thread Nagarjuna G
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 7:50 PM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.org wrote: So the fabled tablet has launched. http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=76476 What interests me is this: Content Creation The National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Aakash UbiSlate 7

2011-10-06 Thread Vickram Crishna
On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.orgwrote: On 6 October 2011 12:04, Nagarjuna G nagar...@gnowledge.org wrote: This by itself may not be a problem, as long as it is copyrighted with an appropriate CC clause. Let us send a representation. Will the Chapter

[Wikimediaindia-l] Aakash UbiSlate 7

2011-10-05 Thread Gautam John
So the fabled tablet has launched. http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=76476 What interests me is this: Content Creation The National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NME-ICT) has proposed 18 different line items for content creation. All content