On Saturday 14 August 2010 19:59:18 Rony wrote: > Coming back to the original topic of a $35 tablet being unveiled by > the Govt. for the masses. If the govt. is keep on spreading > computer literacy and usage among the masses, why is it trying to > re-invent the wheel that has already been perfected by others. Why > does it not spend its resources on implementing the wheel itself? > The IPTV technology is already in place. There are set top devices > available that work similarly as thin clients and can provide a > computer desktop on the home television. By adding a small 2 GB > chip inside it, it can have set top boxes that boot from their own > ROM ( for those who cannot access broadband ). This technology is > way cheaper and simple to produce too. People already have > televisions at home. All they need is to attach these boxes and a > keyboard to the telly and everyone is online. Today even people > living in the villages and zopadpattis have a television so > implementing this technology is no big deal.
Sat TV is oneway downlink. No interaction is possible without a very expensive uplink. But on a wired iptv line there is already a facility launched: http://www.mtnl.net.in/PressReleaseMTNLNovatiumDelhi.doc -- Rgds JTD -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
