India’s Ministry of Human Resource Development has unveiled a prototype of a touchscreen computer that will initially cost $35. Eventually, Minister Shri Kapil Sibal said, the price will drop to $20 and then $10. In photos, the device looks much like the sleek tablet-style PCs coming on the market and typified by the iPad. It will offer such standard functionality as word processing, Web browsing and video-conferencing. It is aimed at university students, with delivery planned for 2011. At $35, the computer is cheaper than most digital cameras.
"It is not the kind of product that people want here,"
Why not? I want it. If I can even get it for 100 dollars instead of 35, I'll still be saving 400 bucks compared to the cheapest iPad, and it sounds like it'll have some flexibility with hardware and the ability to swap out my storage. PLEEEASE bring this to the US.
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India Aims to Supply Students With $35 Tablet Computers
Posted by: Erika Morphy July 23, 2010 11:50 AMIndia’s Ministry of Human Resource Development has unveiled a prototype of a touchscreen computer that will initially cost $35. Eventually, Minister Shri Kapil Sibal said, the price will drop to $20 and then $10. In photos, the device looks much like the sleek tablet-style PCs coming on the market and typified by the iPad. It will offer such standard functionality as word processing, Web browsing and video-conferencing. It is aimed at university students, with delivery planned for 2011. At $35, the computer is cheaper than most digital cameras.
Why not? I want it. If I can even get it for 100 dollars instead of 35, I'll still be saving 400 bucks compared to the cheapest iPad, and it sounds like it'll have some flexibility with hardware and the ability to swap out my storage. PLEEEASE bring this to the US.