Re: [ilugd] India's $35 Tablet- The Everything Killer
Guys, see the more relevant discussion here including the BoM: http://www.olpcnews.com/sales_talk/competition/the_real_35_tablet_from_india.html anand ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] India's $35 Tablet- The Everything Killer
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Vivek Varghese Cherian vivekcher...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, On July 22 a $35 (or 1500 INR) hand-held Linux computing device was unveiled by Shri Kapil Sibal, the Union Minister for Human Resource Development of India. The goal of the project is to lower the price to around $20 in time and eventually reaching the amazing price of $10. In a tablet form-factor and using an unspecified variant of Linux (that some have said might be Android), the cost should remain low while offering a wide range of functionality. The Sakshat descendant is said to be capable of supporting video conferencing, viewing a wide selection of video and image files, word processing, de/compressing files, printing with CUPS, full Internet browsing with Javascript and Flash, wireless communications, and remote device management. The complete article is available on linux journal at the URL: http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/indias-35-tablet-everything-killer I am sure that, not a single Chip vendor can come with this cost. Most of ARM vendor including TI can't come close to 70$ for Processor and Motherboard. [ SOC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System-on-a-chip } Intel Atom never be the choice. Have look at power consumption which is 2 watt. 2 Watts of power consumption while solar charging and conventional battery.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakshat#cite_note-Guardian-7[ Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakshat ] This is purely political drama. -- Regards Amit Karpe. http://www.amitkarpe.com/ -- Vivek Varghese Cherian Senior Systems Administrator RHCT ( # 605010995430406) Website : http://www.vivekcherian.com Blog: http://www.vivekcherian.net Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/vivekvc IRC: Vivek and ViveKVC on both Freenode and OFTC GPG Key fingerprint = 1EB1 0647 9574 18A3 40B5 8D74 F842 576B 3C2B 8538 ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] India's $35 Tablet- The Everything Killer
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 9:29 PM, Arun Khan knu...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 8:39 PM, Narendra Sisodiya naren...@narendrasisodiya.com wrote: DDR3 will be a cost effective option. To the best of my knowledge DDR3 costs a bit more in the Mumbai channels - right now at least. Btw here is Open Letter by Nicholas Negroponte - http://blog.laptop.org/2010/07/29/welcoming-indias-tablet/ He is also taking this joke seriously. At the end the article he invited $35 team at MIT OLPC. Cool :) I hope the team accepts the invitation. I am sure they can learn from each other, especially in the areas of production, distribution and most importantly support. Seriously, it will a great achievement if it can be mass produced and deployed. My only problem with it is the touted price point - trying to fool the public. Subsidy by the Indian Govt.? -- Anupam ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
[ilugd] India's $35 Tablet- The Everything Killer
Hi, On July 22 a $35 (or 1500 INR) hand-held Linux computing device was unveiled by Shri Kapil Sibal, the Union Minister for Human Resource Development of India. The goal of the project is to lower the price to around $20 in time and eventually reaching the amazing price of $10. In a tablet form-factor and using an unspecified variant of Linux (that some have said might be Android), the cost should remain low while offering a wide range of functionality. The Sakshat descendant is said to be capable of supporting video conferencing, viewing a wide selection of video and image files, word processing, de/compressing files, printing with CUPS, full Internet browsing with Javascript and Flash, wireless communications, and remote device management. The complete article is available on linux journal at the URL: http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/indias-35-tablet-everything-killer -- Vivek Varghese Cherian Senior Systems Administrator RHCT ( # 605010995430406) Website : http://www.vivekcherian.com Blog: http://www.vivekcherian.net Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/vivekvc IRC: Vivek and ViveKVC on both Freenode and OFTC GPG Key fingerprint = 1EB1 0647 9574 18A3 40B5 8D74 F842 576B 3C2B 8538 ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] India's $35 Tablet- The Everything Killer
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Vivek Varghese Cherian vivekcher...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, On July 22 a $35 (or 1500 INR) hand-held Linux computing device was unveiled by Shri Kapil Sibal, the Union Minister for Human Resource Development of India. The goal of the project is to lower the price to around $20 in time and eventually reaching the amazing price of $10. We have been hearing all kind of such devices right from those days of Simputer. Nothing has actually come up till date. (And not at that kind of pricing.) Even if you take a bill of material and add its pricing, i twill not come that low. Lets hope and wait for the device to roll out in the market at that pricing. -Sudhanwa In a tablet form-factor and using an unspecified variant of Linux (that some have said might be Android), the cost should remain low while offering a wide range of functionality. The Sakshat descendant is said to be capable of supporting video conferencing, viewing a wide selection of video and image files, word processing, de/compressing files, printing with CUPS, full Internet browsing with Javascript and Flash, wireless communications, and remote device management. The complete article is available on linux journal at the URL: http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/indias-35-tablet-everything-killer -- Vivek Varghese Cherian Senior Systems Administrator RHCT ( # 605010995430406) Website : http://www.vivekcherian.com Blog: http://www.vivekcherian.net Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/vivekvc IRC: Vivek and ViveKVC on both Freenode and OFTC GPG Key fingerprint = 1EB1 0647 9574 18A3 40B5 8D74 F842 576B 3C2B 8538 ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd -- ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! www.sudhanwa.com ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] India's $35 Tablet- The Everything Killer
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Vivek Varghese Cherian vivekcher...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, On July 22 a $35 (or 1500 INR) hand-held Linux computing device was unveiled by Shri Kapil Sibal, the Union Minister for Human Resource Development of India. Found an article in CW. Seems like the International Media isn't so enthusiastic about it. Now, I can't decide whether it's true journalism or just some guy who can't stand a device from third world taking over their markets. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9179591/Why_the_35_tablet_will_never_exist?source=rss_hardware May be you guys can give a better judgement. Regards, Smruti -- I took the red pill. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] India's $35 Tablet- The Everything Killer
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Smruti smrutiman...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Vivek Varghese Cherian vivekcher...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, On July 22 a $35 (or 1500 INR) hand-held Linux computing device was unveiled by Shri Kapil Sibal, the Union Minister for Human Resource Development of India. Have anybody seen this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakshat ? ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] India's $35 Tablet- The Everything Killer
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 7:16 PM, Narendra Sisodiya naren...@narendrasisodiya.com wrote: On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Smruti smrutiman...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Vivek Varghese Cherian vivekcher...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, On July 22 a $35 (or 1500 INR) hand-held Linux computing device was unveiled by Shri Kapil Sibal, the Union Minister for Human Resource Development of India. Have anybody seen this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakshat ? ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd This is all waste of time. you dont even get outdated crt monitor for Rs.1500. ullu bana rahe hai. -- Regards, Nishant Prakash Kashyap ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] India's $35 Tablet- The Everything Killer
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 7:34 PM, Nishant Prakash Kashyap npkash...@gmail.com wrote: This is all waste of time. you dont even get outdated crt monitor for Rs.1500. ullu bana rahe hai. Yes, We know this. vese bhi sarkar hum sabko ullu hi to bana rahi hai last 40 years se. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] India's $35 Tablet- The Everything Killer
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 7:46 PM, Narendra Sisodiya naren...@narendrasisodiya.com wrote: On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 7:34 PM, Nishant Prakash Kashyap npkash...@gmail.com wrote: This is all waste of time. you dont even get outdated crt monitor for Rs.1500. ullu bana rahe hai. Yes, We know this. vese bhi sarkar hum sabko ullu hi to bana rahi hai last 40 years se. Aur hum sab ullu bane ko tayaar hein. Seriously, let us do costing of bill of material - I am stating current street price @ Lam Rd., Mumbai DDR2 667 2GB RAM DIMM costs around INR 1900 around USD 41 Motherboard with integrated Atom CPU INR 3000 around USD 65 The above are for Nettop and the cost already exceeds USD 100 plus the cost of 7 LCD Screen 4GB Compact Flash Chassis Labor etc. OK, at large volumes the cost will come down but no way to USD 35. It is very encouraging to read about it being developed indigenously but the projected pricing is a gimmick/publicity stunt IMO. -- Arun Khan ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] India's $35 Tablet- The Everything Killer
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 8:16 PM, Arun Khan knu...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 7:46 PM, Narendra Sisodiya naren...@narendrasisodiya.com wrote: On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 7:34 PM, Nishant Prakash Kashyap npkash...@gmail.com wrote: This is all waste of time. you dont even get outdated crt monitor for Rs.1500. ullu bana rahe hai. Yes, We know this. vese bhi sarkar hum sabko ullu hi to bana rahi hai last 40 years se. Aur hum sab ullu bane ko tayaar hein. Seriously, let us do costing of bill of material - I am stating current street price @ Lam Rd., Mumbai DDR2 667 2GB RAM DIMM costs around INR 1900 around USD 41 Motherboard with integrated Atom CPU INR 3000 around USD 65 DDR3 will be a cost effective option. Btw here is Open Letter by Nicholas Negroponte - http://blog.laptop.org/2010/07/29/welcoming-indias-tablet/ He is also taking this joke seriously. At the end the article he invited $35 team at MIT OLPC. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] India's $35 Tablet- The Everything Killer
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 8:39 PM, Narendra Sisodiya naren...@narendrasisodiya.com wrote: DDR3 will be a cost effective option. To the best of my knowledge DDR3 costs a bit more in the Mumbai channels - right now at least. Btw here is Open Letter by Nicholas Negroponte - http://blog.laptop.org/2010/07/29/welcoming-indias-tablet/ He is also taking this joke seriously. At the end the article he invited $35 team at MIT OLPC. Cool :) I hope the team accepts the invitation. I am sure they can learn from each other, especially in the areas of production, distribution and most importantly support. Seriously, it will a great achievement if it can be mass produced and deployed. My only problem with it is the touted price point - trying to fool the public. -- Arun Khan ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
