Dear kiran, I agree that people have been cheating by purchasing the off the shelf products from taiwan and china and try to sell it in India. As product developer you know it very well. It is really a commendable job from our government that despite lots of difficulties, students in India would be getting a tablet within $ 20. I am amazed you did not read the response from datawind. Here is the link to all the question posed in the hindustan times 24th november. its by suneet himself answering all the questions.
http://trak.in/tags/business/2012/11/25/datawind-response-aakashs-made-in-china-reports/ Nirmal On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 1:42 PM, Kiran S Deshpande <[email protected]>wrote: > > Dear access Indians, > > Source : > http://www.indiatvnews.com/business/india/world-cheapest-tablet-aakash-was-bought-from-china-newspaper-3638.html > > Pasting an article appeared in Hindustan times on Nov 24, > > World's cheapest tablet Aakash 2 was bought from China: newspaper report > > New Delhi, Nov 24: A fresh controversy has reported over the world’s > cheapest tablet Aakash 2, after Delhi newspaper The Hindustam Times > reported today that the devices were procured off-the-shelf from > manufacturers in china for $ 42 (Rs 2263 then) a piece. > > The newspaper claimed that it has documents to prove that DataWind > founders Suneet and Raja Singh Tuli had procured these devices from China > for $42 at exactly the price at which they sold these to the Indian > government. > > The newspaper report said, DataWind bought more than 10,000 or more “A 13” > made-inChina tablets from at least four manufacturers in Shenzhen and Hong > Kong between October 26 and November 7. > > These were shipped to India duty-free as they were meant for school > students under an HRD ministry programme, the report said. > > Last year, Canada-based DataWind won a bid to supply 100,000 low-cost > computing devices to students. Aakash 2, which is meant to be India-made, > is part of that agreement. > > DataWind had no role either in the design or manufacturing of Aakash 2 > tablets, a source told the newspaper. > > “I just landed in New York. I will respond upon clearing immigration and > customs,” Suneet Tuli texted Hindustan Times in response to a questionnaire > emailed to him. > > The newspaper report quoting documents said DataWind bought the tablets > from at least four manufacturers, Dasen International Electronics, Shenzhen > Shitong Zhaoli Technology, Kalong Technology and Trend Grace Ltd. > > DataWind’s manufacturing partner in Hyderabad --- VMC Systems---had not > built any device over the last couple of months, a source told the > newspaper. > > Its manufacturing partners and facilities in Delhi and Amritsar, > respectively, too, had not produced even a single tablet over the last > couple of months, the source said. > > “Instead of manufacturing these low-cost tablets themselves… DataWind has > simply purchased these ‘off-the-shelf’ from China and supplied it to the > Indian government,” the source told the newspaper. > > It now appears that Datawind handed over the China-made tablets to Indian > Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay for testing. > > IIT-B’s role is limited to testing and installing apps. These, it emerges, > were subsequently unveiled as Aakash 2 on November 11. IIT-B did not > respond to an emailed questionnaire. > > > > Kiran S Deshpande > > > DISCLAIMER:- > > > This e-mail message (including any attachment) is intended only for the > personal use of the recipient(s) named above. This message is confidential > and may be legally privileged. If you are not an intended recipient, you > may not review, copy or distribute this message. If you have received this > communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete > the original message. > > Any views or opinions expressed in this message are those of the author > only. Furthermore, this message (including any attachment) does not create > any legally binding rights or obligations whatsoever, which may only be > created by the exchange of hard copy documents signed by a duly authorized > representative of the company If Official or other wise signed by the > Author on Valid Documents. > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
