There was hype over the $35 tablet (or was it $50??) from India late
last fall. This turned out to be similar to the ViewSonic Android
tablet that was released around the same time. As I recall ViewSonic
had only bought a license to the hardware and were simply rebranding it
and selling it for a few hundred. Reviews of the ViewSonic tablet were
not that great.
I suspect this may be the same tablet, or perhaps the next generation.
Or some weird "history repeats itself" sort of thing.
My thoughts.
Shawn
On 11-06-17 09:10 AM, Mel Walters wrote:
If we end up ordering I would be interested. But is it available here?
Does it even work with our power volts/freq/plug?
Is $35 the full price or is it tied to a phone plan in India?
This URL looked like it:
http://www.themobileindian.com/news/1607_Motorola-to-launch-Xoom-tablet-later-this-month-in-India
but I did not see the price there.
http://www.androidauthority.com/motorola-xoom-coming-to-canada-via-future-shop-telus-and-best-buy-10994/
going to telus site I found a price of $599.99 including applicable
provincial electronics environmental handling fees.
There are more questions than answers?
At $600 I am out.
Mel
On Thu, 2011-06-16 at 14:23 -0600, [email protected] wrote:
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
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