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India's cheapest $35 tablet PC to take a shot at OLPC model XO 3
India's human resources development minister Kapil Sibal has unveiled a prototype tablet PC priced 1,500 rupees or $35, a price that is set to challenge the global manufacturers of tablet PCs and iPads.
Kapil Sibal , India's Human Resource Development Minister with the tabletThis is a second product from the country after unveiling a $2,000 car Nano by Tata Motors in 2008. The device developed to provide rural children quality education will also work on a solar-power option.
"The plan is to drop the price eventually to $20 and ultimately to $10," the minister said unveiling the protoype which is expected to go into production next year.
It features open-source Linux operating system and has functions like a Web browser, multimedia player, PDF reader, Wi-Fi, and video links with a 2GB RAM, a memory card and USB ports. The motherboard was developed by India's top technical institutes -- IITs or Indian Institute of Technology.
So far, the cheapest device in the category is of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) laptop unveiled five years ago with a price tag of $100. Marvell Technologies is developing hardware for the OLPC tablet named the XO-3. But the price of Indian device is equivalent to display cost of the XO-3.
Indian government is considering a 50 percent subsidy on the product for educational institutions bringing down the effective price of tablet PC to 750 rupees or $18. Ultimately, the government aims to bring its price to 500 rupees or $11. The device was developed as part of the government's National Mission on Education through information and communication technology.
How it compares with XO-3?
Both will run on open-source Linux operating system. While India's version will have a touch-screen facility the MIT model will have a two-mode screen, colour and black&white display. MIT's XO-3 will have 4 USBs and 1 GB memory, Wi-Fi- and cell phone-enabled, while the Indian version will also have unspecified USB ports and a 2-GB RAM and a memory card.
The XO-3 laptop can be powered either with an AC adapter or via a wind-up crank while the Indian version will work on AC adapter with a solar power option as well.
While the cost of XO-3 is around $100 after subsidy, the Indian government plans to bring it down to $10 after subsidies from the current proposed cost of $35
Kapil Sibal , India's Human Resource Development Minister with the tabletThis is a second product from the country after unveiling a $2,000 car Nano by Tata Motors in 2008. The device developed to provide rural children quality education will also work on a solar-power option.
"The plan is to drop the price eventually to $20 and ultimately to $10," the minister said unveiling the protoype which is expected to go into production next year.
It features open-source Linux operating system and has functions like a Web browser, multimedia player, PDF reader, Wi-Fi, and video links with a 2GB RAM, a memory card and USB ports. The motherboard was developed by India's top technical institutes -- IITs or Indian Institute of Technology.
So far, the cheapest device in the category is of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) laptop unveiled five years ago with a price tag of $100. Marvell Technologies is developing hardware for the OLPC tablet named the XO-3. But the price of Indian device is equivalent to display cost of the XO-3.
Indian government is considering a 50 percent subsidy on the product for educational institutions bringing down the effective price of tablet PC to 750 rupees or $18. Ultimately, the government aims to bring its price to 500 rupees or $11. The device was developed as part of the government's National Mission on Education through information and communication technology.
How it compares with XO-3?
Both will run on open-source Linux operating system. While India's version will have a touch-screen facility the MIT model will have a two-mode screen, colour and black&white display. MIT's XO-3 will have 4 USBs and 1 GB memory, Wi-Fi- and cell phone-enabled, while the Indian version will also have unspecified USB ports and a 2-GB RAM and a memory card.
The XO-3 laptop can be powered either with an AC adapter or via a wind-up crank while the Indian version will work on AC adapter with a solar power option as well.
While the cost of XO-3 is around $100 after subsidy, the Indian government plans to bring it down to $10 after subsidies from the current proposed cost of $35
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