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India unveils $35 computer for students

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India has unveiled a $35 computer prototype as part of its program to provide connectivity to its students and teachers at affordable prices.
Kapil Sibal, the country's human resources development minister, displayed what he called a low-cost computing and access device in New Delhi on Thursday. The ministry said the price would gradually fall to $10 a piece. India said connectivity to all its colleges and universities is key to achieving its education goals.
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Wow, I wonder how they manage to pull that off. 😱
 
Even without knowing the specs, for $35 (or less as they economies of scale kick in) I would love to try one out
 
Do they get that price by subtracting government subsidies? If so it doesn't reflect the "real" price of the gadget. This does seem like a government initiative after all.
 
I wouldn't call it an ipad or even close. It has no internal storage and relies on memory cards. The OS is a stripped down linux with a few applications. The biggest cost would be the screen. The $35 price is also not finalized, they announced that is what they think they can do it for but they do not have any manufacturers yet.

The screen is a touchscreen and probably the hitach one that is 800x480, those cost about $18 each in 10K quantity. So that alone is half the cost they are quoting.

Probably a ARM cpu , so that adds about $8 in 10K quantity.

So $26 just for the cpu and screen, is either subsidized or they are projecting that cost based on some future lowering of prices.
 
Aharami said:
US already has that. It's called the IPad, but apple charges $400-500 for it
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You seem to be confusing "average phone" with "average smartphone".
I know you were trolling, but it's still stupid.

The average phone is a lot less powerful than an iPhone.
 
Thats not a computer. Its crappy PDA with limited features aside from a nice screen. Aside from doing a handful of basic web things its useless.
I'd rather have a netbook or Android phone. Am thinking Indians want the same.
 
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