subject: 35 is ridiculous tablet [print this page] Given the turbulent history of India not to provide low-cost devices, it is easy to believe the skeptics tablet $35 .
But this device can only turn the tables.
, the media disses and dismisses the ultra cheap pills, Microsoft and Google seem to fight the battle on the place of their operating systems on devices aimed at school children in the world. Microsoft has come out and offers a Windows CE OS boot devices, which currently leads the open source Google Android OS.
Behavior confident pose during television interview on Wednesday , incumbent in India for the Development of Human Resources Minister, Mr Kapil Sibal, said that everything is 1000000 tablets to provide to students in colleges and universities India in 2011 promised $35. He also reiterated its aim to reduce the price to $10 a piece of film, riding on falling prices for hardware.
Interestingly, the minister said that the content of education for the device have already been developed Indias premier institute of Technology, IIT, and was open source Android OS device runs.
both presenters who checked tablets of various shapes and sizes(and cost), before and were not aware of previous attempts in India for portable computers, as Sakshat and the Simputer, were impressed by the quality of constructed facilities, and concluded that efforts to crash devices were rejected.
Tablet features
As we reported earlier, the device Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity and plenty of accessories, as well. You miniSD card slot to supplement the 2GB memory, add the SIM card, connect a USB device via the mini and full USB ports, video out, headphone jack and multimedia.
Ignore the lowest cost compared to other tablets, but the negative reviewers found the devices resistive touch screen, as opposed to a capacitative touch screen, which will certainly add to its price. But then, just to get a touch screen in this price range is a major achievement in itself.
Although the service has yet to respond point by point OLPC project in an open letter , Mr. Sibal reflects the belief, Nicolas Negroponte, the device is a vehicle for knowledge and that can not be reduced to a specific region.
But get this before you get to your wallet. About $35, which is INR 1500, INR 750 is a grant. Without going into details, the minister said that if the tablet was on the retail market, to which he has no plans at this time that there would be additional cost to the device, which slot for money.
minister, appointed a lawyer, also offered advice for the media world: Do not be skeptical of the government. It happens that the government actually delivers.
2011 is not all that far away, and although it may be some time before we get this equipment on the open market, its mere existence has the potential to lower prices of pills in the world.
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