http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7864806.stm
"Early reports of the cheap laptop suggested that it would cost only 500 rupees (£7). However, this could be a mistranslation, because transcripts of the speech, in which it was unveiled, mentioned it costing $10 (£7) but this was later corrected to $100 (£70)." On 01/31/2009 03:16 PM, alan c wrote: > Item: > > India to unveil laptop costing Rs500 > http://internationalreporter.com/News-4455/india-to-unveil-laptop-costing-rs500.html > > 'January 31, 2009 - With Tata Motor's coming out with the low-cost > Nano car, a group of Indian students are coming out with a laptop for > Rs500 ($10), cheaper than most pocket calculators, which can be used > globally for educational purposes and revolutionaries the computer > market in developing countries.....' _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
