The Aakash tablet saga continues to get murkier by the day- the latest development is related to a spat between manufacturer DataWind and its assembly partner, Quad Electronics, which has alleged that it has not received payments for the initial order of assembling 20,000 tablets, according to a report by Livemint. The report quotes a Quad executive, anonymously, to reveal that the company has even served a legal notice to DataWind. Meanwhile, the government has informed that it had accepted only 650 out of the 6440 tablets supplied by DataWind, and has asked the manufacturer to fulfill the order with upgraded tablets. Tiff between DataWind & Quad: Meanwhile, DataWind has alleged that Quad bypassed DataWind and inked a direct MoU with IIT Rajasthan, which was responsible for laying out specifications and managing vendors for the Aakash project. DataWind has said that it has paid Quad for all tablets barring 600, for which it has still not received payment from IIT-Rajasthan, countering Quad's reported claim that it stopped deliveries to DataWind after 10,000 units due to non-payment. DataWind has now sent a statement stating that it owns the intellectual property rights of Aakash and that Quad had signed a non-disclosure agreement and a manufacturing services agreement with the company, confirming this. The company has alleged that Quad has breached the agreement and sold tablets in the open market. DataWind has also rubbished reports that claim that the Government has not renewed the company's contract and that it will be supplying 1,00,000…
