25,000 Aakash tablets booked by Mumbai University

After almost a week of distress, things seem to be looking up for India's maiden attempt at low-cost computing. Reports now confirm that the tablet still has many takers. According to The Economic Times, the Mumbai University has booked for almost 25,000 units of the Aakash tablet, with each tablet roughly costing around Rs.1,138. The university claims to have received these requests from over 90 colleges and departments that fall under the university's jusrisdiction. That's not all. Reports also confirm that several requests have also been coming across from relatively far-flung places, like Alibaug, bearing testimony to the fact that, despite glitches and shortcomings, the tablet's still managing to stir the masses. Reportedly, Mumbai's Vivek College, located in suburban Goregaon has received the highest number of applications from its students, some 2,262 of them.

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