1500 Rp Laptop

One of my masters students has been digging around and found quite a bit of coverage of the 1500 Rupee Laptop that the Indian Government is backing. It is a 7" tablet design. More details here:

http://www.techtree.com/India/News/7-inch_Touchscreen_tablet_for_Rs...

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6202207.cms

http://way2online.com/?p=75656

http://b4tea.com/information/gadgets/indias-rs-1500-laptop-iit-iisc...

http://news.oneindia.in/2010/08/12/nedia-unveils-indian-laptop-rs-1...

They are hoping to have these deploying in 2011. comments?

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Permalink Reply by James Derek Lomas on October 15, 2010 at 7:48am
Notice how there are different hardware designs? It seems like they just got a bunch of samples from vendors and announced the price they were willing to pay.

http://mygadgetnews.com/2010/07/23/sakshat-indian-government-announ...

The Press Release:
http://trak.in/tags/business/2010/07/22/35-usd-computing-device-lau...

I read with skepticism, because only one year ago, the same group announced:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/02/india-computer-cheapest

Which turned out to be:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Hyderabad/10-laptop_proves_to_be...

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