India develops 35-dollar 'laptop' for schools

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Don McKenzie 15 years ago

July 23, 2010

India develops 35-dollar 'laptop' for schools

India has come up with a 35-dollar touch-screen "laptop" -- a computing prototype that it aims to make available to students from elementary schools to universities.

The gadget, developed by the elite Indian Institute of Technology and the Indian Institute of Science, is part of a push to give students a better education and technical skills needed to boost India's economic growth.

The first users are expected to be university students with introduction of the Linux-based computing device targeted for next year.

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Rob 15 years ago

Wait till it goes on sale at retailers - I would say that's only 10% of the retail price.

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Trevor Wilson 15 years ago

**I doubt that. Whilst it may not end being 35 Bucks, it may not be far off. The total cost of components is $35.00, which would typically translate to an RRP of around $140.00 here in Australia. In India things probably work differently.

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Tom 15 years ago

The government could contract their mates to distribute the laptops to schools, they would get laptops at $35 and sell them to schools at $700 a piece - that would happent if Australian Labor was in charge in India.

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will s 15 years ago

and if the liberals were in charge they would bury the laptop and get the big businesses to sell their laptops them to the Schools for over $2000

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Don McKenzie 15 years ago

well, you can ebay a windows CE laptop now for $95AUD

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z1 15 years ago

You really shouldn't believe everything you see on the internet.

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qmod 15 years ago

And that may include postage as well. I bought one a few months ago, total $91.00

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Don McKenzie 15 years ago

running it under Linux or CE? if so CE6 installed?

dirt cheap either way.

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Don McKenzie 15 years ago

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You really shouldn't believe everything you see on the internet. (I think I heard an echo :-) )

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qmod 15 years ago

Still running on CE5 , I think the same ones are being sold by Warehouse in aust at around $180-190

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Rob 15 years ago

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Clocky 15 years ago

Dr Sir John Howard, AC, WSCMoF"

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Clocky 15 years ago

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