World's cheapest Android Tablet PC - Datawind Ubislate 7CI The Ubislate 7ci, also known as the Aakash2, is the latest innovation from Datawind, a Canadian company that's been around for over seven years. The device is not currently available in the United States. The 7ci was specifically designed for students to use in India. It will greatly improve their educational system's functionality. India may be the place that really needs Datawind's expertise. The going price is 2,263 rupees ($40.41). Datawind's founder, Suneet Singh Tuli, just signed a deal with the government of India to subsidize his cheap tablet computers by half, for up to 220 million Indian students. That means Indian teachers and kids will get a Web-capable device for only $20. However an optional keyboard is $8 and there is a $2 monthly fee for unlimited data transfer service plan. Any way that you look at it, $22 is really very cheap for everything that you need to connect to the internet. Where can you beat a $2 per month service plan? The Cons: The 7ci does not have Bluetooth, GPS, and HDMI, and it doesn't have the fastest 802.11n Wi-Fi or an ambient light sensor. Its battery is rated for only 3 hours of life. The $2 per month service plan is not available everywhere.

The Pros: It runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich on an 800 x 480 pixel capacitive touchscreen, powered by a 1GHz processor and 512MB of RAM, and has a camera/webcam. It easily connects to wifi, internet, email, plays games and etcetera. I recently purchased a JXD s18 from A Happy Deal. It was on sale for $39.95. Their regular price is $44.43. The JXD S18 is a 4.3 inch Tablet PC MiniPad with Android 4.0 and an Amlogic 8726 1GHz processor. - RJ Tolman