What processor? Atom? I am thinking the iPhone might be over priced. IMHO what we need is VoIP and lets open hotspots throughout the city and countryside. We simply need the s/w and organise so that anyone joining CLUG has to open the WiFI for members and for $littlebux buy the gadget and Bob's yer uncle!
I think I want one! Can we order some? On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 12:47:12PM -0600, GZone Account (If forwarding, PLEASE delete address from body of e-mail for privacy!) wrote: > I don't peruse the CLUG lists much anymore but I got an interesting article > from an East Indian friend of mine that I thought y'all would find > interesting. > I am posting this because 'LINUX INSIDE'. > gary zone > > > India's $35 tablet launching this month > > TOI Tech | Jun 16, 2011, 05.06pm IST > > The 7-inch touchscreen tablet will come with inbuilt keyboard, video > conferencing facility, multimedia content, Wi-Fi and USB portNEW DELHI: After > hitting the roadblock for over six months, the Indian government backed > ambitious low-cost tablet project is finally set to take off. > > According to latest media reports, the low-cost $35 tablet codenamed > 'Sakshat' is expected to launch by the end of this month. > > The country's answer to the $100 laptops developed by the Massachusetts > Institute of Technology will be powered by Linux OS and is made by HCL > Technologies. > > As for the specs, the 7-inch touchscreen tablet will come with inbuilt > keyboard, video conferencing facility, multimedia content, Wi-Fi, USB port, > 32GB hard drive and 2GB RAM. The tablet will support Open Office, SciLab and > Internet browsing. > > According to reports, government has decided that 10,000 Sakshat tablets will > be delivered to IIT Rajasthan in late June. Also, over the next four months > more than 90,000 tablet units will be ready for launch and will come at a > price of Rs 2,200. > > Reports claim that the government later plans to further subsidise the cost > by 50 per cent which means the device may cost somewhere around Rs 1,100. > > Exchange rate; 1.0 C$ = 45 Rupees > > For reader comments and photo, go to the original article at: > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/personal-tech/gadgets-special/Indias-35-tablet-launching-this-month/articleshow/8876610.cms > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
