Education changes destiny
Education changes destiny
Introduction
This report will discuss the Aakash tablet computer project in India.
Education is significant for individuals as it can shape people’ future. Education is significant for a country as it can bring competitive advantage. There are many channels through which education can be distributed, digital products such as tablet computers, smart phones and internet access are definitely among these important sources under nowadays modern society.
Value for money
Apple products such as iphone and ipad are highly recognised for its innovation by many faithful users and fans in the world even their minimum selling price can reach as high as $500. But before putting desire into action, one important question needs to be asked: is it affordable? Take India as example, there are 1.2 billion people in the country and most of them are poor, apple products are even beyond the reach of fast growing middle class(Baltzan et al. 2013). In order to address this problem, The India government launched the world’ cheapest tablet ‘Aakash’ on 5 Oct 2011, to be sold to students at a subsidized price of $35 and later in shops for about $60. Telecoms and Education Minister Kapil Sibal said ‘The rich have access to the digital world, the poor and ordinary have been excluded. Aakash will end that digital divide.’ (Baltzan et al. 2013) Therefore, aakash is aiming at the poor and ordinary people who can not afford products like Apple with good features and better performance which is sold at high prices.
Smart phone vs tablet
In order to debate on which is a better way for satisfying user demand, it is important to distinguish the ultimate functional purpose between the two. A smart phone is a phone that main purpose is to make a phone call and a tablet is a computer. The development of Aakash is to help India university students for digital learning via a government platform that distributes electronic books and courses(Baltzan et al. 2013) and
Introduction
This report will discuss the Aakash tablet computer project in India.
Education is significant for individuals as it can shape people’ future. Education is significant for a country as it can bring competitive advantage. There are many channels through which education can be distributed, digital products such as tablet computers, smart phones and internet access are definitely among these important sources under nowadays modern society.
Value for money
Apple products such as iphone and ipad are highly recognised for its innovation by many faithful users and fans in the world even their minimum selling price can reach as high as $500. But before putting desire into action, one important question needs to be asked: is it affordable? Take India as example, there are 1.2 billion people in the country and most of them are poor, apple products are even beyond the reach of fast growing middle class(Baltzan et al. 2013). In order to address this problem, The India government launched the world’ cheapest tablet ‘Aakash’ on 5 Oct 2011, to be sold to students at a subsidized price of $35 and later in shops for about $60. Telecoms and Education Minister Kapil Sibal said ‘The rich have access to the digital world, the poor and ordinary have been excluded. Aakash will end that digital divide.’ (Baltzan et al. 2013) Therefore, aakash is aiming at the poor and ordinary people who can not afford products like Apple with good features and better performance which is sold at high prices.
Smart phone vs tablet
In order to debate on which is a better way for satisfying user demand, it is important to distinguish the ultimate functional purpose between the two. A smart phone is a phone that main purpose is to make a phone call and a tablet is a computer. The development of Aakash is to help India university students for digital learning via a government platform that distributes electronic books and courses(Baltzan et al. 2013) and
References: Baltzan, P, Lynch, K, Blakey, P 2013, Business driven information system, 2nd edn, Case study: India launches tablet computer McGraw-Hill, Australia. BBC 2011, India launches Aakash tablet computer priced at $35. Viewed 30 March 2014, Vaidyanathan, R, 2012, Is 2012 the year for India’s internet? Viewed 30 March 2014