India boasts the world’s most inexpensive car and a frugal space program credited with the cheapest unmanned moon mission ever. Now, the latest entrant to the keep-it-cheap-we-are-Indians club is a $35 tablet unveiled by the Indian Ministry of Human Resource Development.
According to an official press release, a device based on the Linux-based prototype (video) unveiled by the HRD ministry could cost around $35 (Rs 1500). But that is still pretty steep, isn’t it? Well, the ministry sees the price “gradually dropping down to $20 and ultimately $10 a piece.”
Aimed at students, and developed by the country’s leading tech universities, the dirt cheap tablet features video conferencing functionality, Flash- and Java-enabled web browsing, a rich multimedia experience, and more. Very little is known about the hardware apart from the fact that it has 2GB RAM, Wi-Fi and one USB port.
But this might as well turn out to be a dud as development projects backed by the Indian government usually face a plethora of hurdles at various stages.
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cappomutato
July 27, 2010 at 5:00am
This is pretty nice, but if you have a problem you have to call tech support at some call center in America.
Metalmorphasis
July 24, 2010 at 7:46pm
I think I will just only stick with Indian brand pumpkin seeds.
I Jedi
July 24, 2010 at 10:01am
Anyone remember a few years ago when India claimed to have a 10 dollar laptop, or something to the affect? What happened to that?
narbytrout
July 24, 2010 at 8:31am
Did you see the video in the link? Not one single "touch" on the screen did anything when they tried.
I believe this is most likely a scam, in which these guys are looking for investors for their piece of crap.
Same old news.
This is a NON story.
Biceps
July 24, 2010 at 10:53am
"Now, only in India, you can get TWENTY, that's right folks TWENTY Ipads (that is short for India Pad) for the price of just ONE iPad! And you can barely tell the difference! Step right up, step right up!"
Unless the thing is built out of recycled computer parts from the 90s (and probably even then), there is simply no way one can build a touchscreen tablet for $35.00. Gotta agree, this one stinks of too-good-to-be-true.
Markitzero
July 23, 2010 at 11:30pm
would be nice to see something like that in the states. I hope it becomes successful
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