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I like this. We need connections along these lines far more than we need a half-billion folks in Facebook. On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: India unveils prototype of $35 tablet computer *By ERIKA KINETZ, AP* 6 hours ago Loading... Sharehttp://www.plaxo.com/events?share_link=%2Farticles%2Fnews-technology%2F20100723%2FAS.India.Supercheap.Computer%2F%3Fcid%3Dplaxoshare%26src%3Dcomcast_net_share_button No Thankshttp://www.comcast.net/articles/news-technology/20100723/AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/# *Must Read?**Thank You*Yes* **33*http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-technology/20100723/AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/# [image: news-technology-20100723-AS.India.Supercheap.Computer] http://www.comcast.net/slideshow/news-technology/news-technology-20100723-AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/ In this Thursday, July 22, 2010 photo, India's Human Resource Development Mi...http://www.comcast.net/slideshow/news-technology/news-technology-20100723-AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/ Share | http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comcast.net%2Farticles%2Fnews-technology%2F20100723%2FAS.India.Supercheap.Computer%2Ft=India%20unveils%20prototype%20of%20%2435%20tablet%20computer http://digg.com/submit?url=http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-technology/20100723/AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/title=India%20unveils%20prototype%20of%20%2435%20tablet%20computer http://www.myspace.com/Modules/PostTo/Pages/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comcast.net%2Farticles%2Fnews-technology%2F20100723%2FAS.India.Supercheap.Computer%2Ft=India%20unveils%20prototype%20of%20%2435%20tablet%20computer http://twitter.com/home?status=Currently%20reading%20http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comcast.net%2Farticles%2Fnews-technology%2F20100723%2FAS.India.Supercheap.Computer%2F http://www.plaxo.com/events?share_link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comcast.net%2Farticles%2Fnews-technology%2F20100723%2FAS.India.Supercheap.Computer%2F - Email Storyhttp://www.comcast.net/articles/news-technology/20100723/AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/ - Discuss http://community.comcast.net/ - Printhttp://www.comcast.net/articles/news-technology/20100723/AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/print/ http://comcast.p.delivery.net/m/p/com/cim/preferences.asp?cid=NET_47_1display=ACB MUMBAI, India — It looks like an iPad, only it's 1/14th the cost: India has unveiled the prototype of a $35 basic touchscreen tablet aimed at students, which it hopes to bring into production by 2011. If the government can find a manufacturer, the Linux operating system-based computer would be the latest in a string of world's cheapest innovations to hit the market out of India, which is home to the 100,000 rupee ($2,127) compact Nano car, the 749 rupees ($16) water purifier and the $2,000 open-heart surgery. The tablet can be used for functions like word processing, web browsing and video-conferencing. It has a solar power option too — important for India's energy-starved hinterlands — though that add-on costs extra. This is our answer to MIT's $100 computer, human resource development minister Kapil Sibal told the Economic Times when he unveiled the device Thursday. In 2005, Nicholas Negroponte — co-founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab — unveiled a prototype of a $100 laptop for children in the developing world. India rejected that as too expensive and embarked on a multiyear effort to develop a cheaper option of its own. Negroponte's laptop ended up costing about $200, but in May his nonprofit association, One Laptop Per Child, said it plans to launch a basic tablet computer for $99. Sibal turned to students and professors at India's elite technical universities to develop the $35 tablet after receiving a lukewarm response from private sector players. He hopes to get the cost down to $10 eventually. Mamta Varma, a ministry spokeswoman, said falling hardware costs and intelligent design make the price tag plausible. The tablet doesn't have a hard disk, but instead uses a memory card, much like a mobile phone. The tablet design cuts hardware costs, and the use of open-source software also adds to savings, she said. Varma said several global manufacturers, including at least one from Taiwan, have shown interest in making the low-cost device, but no manufacturing or distribution deals have been finalized. She declined to name any of the companies. India plans to subsidize the cost of the tablet for its students, bringing the purchase price down to around $20. Depending on the quality of material they are using, certainly it's plausible, said Sarah Rotman Epps, an analyst at Forrester Research. The question is, is it good enough for students? Profitability is also a question for the $35 machine. Epps said government subsidies or dual marketing — where higher-priced sales in the developed world are used to subside low-cost sales in markets like India — could convince a
Re: [scifinoir2] India unveils prototype of $35 tablet computer
I think what will happen is that it could create an entirely new market for people that are new to the net but the side effects is can the net handle it? I would love to see those machines sold here. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 3:13 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: I like this. We need connections along these lines far more than we need a half-billion folks in Facebook. On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: India unveils prototype of $35 tablet computer *By ERIKA KINETZ, AP* 6 hours ago Loading... Sharehttp://www.plaxo.com/events?share_link=%2Farticles%2Fnews-technology%2F20100723%2FAS.India.Supercheap.Computer%2F%3Fcid%3Dplaxoshare%26src%3Dcomcast_net_share_button No Thankshttp://www.comcast.net/articles/news-technology/20100723/AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/# *Must Read?**Thank You*Yes* **33*http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-technology/20100723/AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/# [image: news-technology-20100723-AS.India.Supercheap.Computer] http://www.comcast.net/slideshow/news-technology/news-technology-20100723-AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/ In this Thursday, July 22, 2010 photo, India's Human Resource Development Mi...http://www.comcast.net/slideshow/news-technology/news-technology-20100723-AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/ Share | http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comcast.net%2Farticles%2Fnews-technology%2F20100723%2FAS.India.Supercheap.Computer%2Ft=India%20unveils%20prototype%20of%20%2435%20tablet%20computer http://digg.com/submit?url=http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-technology/20100723/AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/title=India%20unveils%20prototype%20of%20%2435%20tablet%20computer http://www.myspace.com/Modules/PostTo/Pages/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comcast.net%2Farticles%2Fnews-technology%2F20100723%2FAS.India.Supercheap.Computer%2Ft=India%20unveils%20prototype%20of%20%2435%20tablet%20computer http://twitter.com/home?status=Currently%20reading%20http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comcast.net%2Farticles%2Fnews-technology%2F20100723%2FAS.India.Supercheap.Computer%2F http://www.plaxo.com/events?share_link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comcast.net%2Farticles%2Fnews-technology%2F20100723%2FAS.India.Supercheap.Computer%2F - Email Storyhttp://www.comcast.net/articles/news-technology/20100723/AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/ - Discuss http://community.comcast.net/ - Printhttp://www.comcast.net/articles/news-technology/20100723/AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/print/ http://comcast.p.delivery.net/m/p/com/cim/preferences.asp?cid=NET_47_1display=ACB MUMBAI, India — It looks like an iPad, only it's 1/14th the cost: India has unveiled the prototype of a $35 basic touchscreen tablet aimed at students, which it hopes to bring into production by 2011. If the government can find a manufacturer, the Linux operating system-based computer would be the latest in a string of world's cheapest innovations to hit the market out of India, which is home to the 100,000 rupee ($2,127) compact Nano car, the 749 rupees ($16) water purifier and the $2,000 open-heart surgery. The tablet can be used for functions like word processing, web browsing and video-conferencing. It has a solar power option too — important for India's energy-starved hinterlands — though that add-on costs extra. This is our answer to MIT's $100 computer, human resource development minister Kapil Sibal told the Economic Times when he unveiled the device Thursday. In 2005, Nicholas Negroponte — co-founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab — unveiled a prototype of a $100 laptop for children in the developing world. India rejected that as too expensive and embarked on a multiyear effort to develop a cheaper option of its own. Negroponte's laptop ended up costing about $200, but in May his nonprofit association, One Laptop Per Child, said it plans to launch a basic tablet computer for $99. Sibal turned to students and professors at India's elite technical universities to develop the $35 tablet after receiving a lukewarm response from private sector players. He hopes to get the cost down to $10 eventually. Mamta Varma, a ministry spokeswoman, said falling hardware costs and intelligent design make the price tag plausible. The tablet doesn't have a hard disk, but instead uses a memory card, much like a mobile phone. The tablet design cuts hardware costs, and the use of open-source software also adds to savings, she said. Varma said several global manufacturers, including at least one from Taiwan, have shown interest in making the low-cost device, but no manufacturing or distribution deals have been finalized. She declined to name any of the companies. India plans to subsidize the cost of the tablet for its students, bringing the purchase price down to around $20. Depending on the quality of material they are using, certainly it's plausible, said Sarah Rotman Epps, an analyst at Forrester Research. The
Re: [scifinoir2] India unveils prototype of $35 tablet computer
Didn't think of that, Mr Worf. The providers are being bandwidth Nazis as is. A few hundred million more folks horning in? They're likely to give birth, regardless of gender. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 7:20 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: I think what will happen is that it could create an entirely new market for people that are new to the net but the side effects is can the net handle it? I would love to see those machines sold here. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 3:13 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: I like this. We need connections along these lines far more than we need a half-billion folks in Facebook. On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: India unveils prototype of $35 tablet computer *By ERIKA KINETZ, AP* 6 hours ago Loading... Sharehttp://www.plaxo.com/events?share_link=%2Farticles%2Fnews-technology%2F20100723%2FAS.India.Supercheap.Computer%2F%3Fcid%3Dplaxoshare%26src%3Dcomcast_net_share_button No Thankshttp://www.comcast.net/articles/news-technology/20100723/AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/# *Must Read?**Thank You*Yes* **33*http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-technology/20100723/AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/# [image: news-technology-20100723-AS.India.Supercheap.Computer] http://www.comcast.net/slideshow/news-technology/news-technology-20100723-AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/ In this Thursday, July 22, 2010 photo, India's Human Resource Development Mi...http://www.comcast.net/slideshow/news-technology/news-technology-20100723-AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/ Share | http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comcast.net%2Farticles%2Fnews-technology%2F20100723%2FAS.India.Supercheap.Computer%2Ft=India%20unveils%20prototype%20of%20%2435%20tablet%20computer http://digg.com/submit?url=http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-technology/20100723/AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/title=India%20unveils%20prototype%20of%20%2435%20tablet%20computer http://www.myspace.com/Modules/PostTo/Pages/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comcast.net%2Farticles%2Fnews-technology%2F20100723%2FAS.India.Supercheap.Computer%2Ft=India%20unveils%20prototype%20of%20%2435%20tablet%20computer http://twitter.com/home?status=Currently%20reading%20http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comcast.net%2Farticles%2Fnews-technology%2F20100723%2FAS.India.Supercheap.Computer%2F http://www.plaxo.com/events?share_link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comcast.net%2Farticles%2Fnews-technology%2F20100723%2FAS.India.Supercheap.Computer%2F - Email Storyhttp://www.comcast.net/articles/news-technology/20100723/AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/ - Discuss http://community.comcast.net/ - Printhttp://www.comcast.net/articles/news-technology/20100723/AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/print/ http://comcast.p.delivery.net/m/p/com/cim/preferences.asp?cid=NET_47_1display=ACB MUMBAI, India — It looks like an iPad, only it's 1/14th the cost: India has unveiled the prototype of a $35 basic touchscreen tablet aimed at students, which it hopes to bring into production by 2011. If the government can find a manufacturer, the Linux operating system-based computer would be the latest in a string of world's cheapest innovations to hit the market out of India, which is home to the 100,000 rupee ($2,127) compact Nano car, the 749 rupees ($16) water purifier and the $2,000 open-heart surgery. The tablet can be used for functions like word processing, web browsing and video-conferencing. It has a solar power option too — important for India's energy-starved hinterlands — though that add-on costs extra. This is our answer to MIT's $100 computer, human resource development minister Kapil Sibal told the Economic Times when he unveiled the device Thursday. In 2005, Nicholas Negroponte — co-founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab — unveiled a prototype of a $100 laptop for children in the developing world. India rejected that as too expensive and embarked on a multiyear effort to develop a cheaper option of its own. Negroponte's laptop ended up costing about $200, but in May his nonprofit association, One Laptop Per Child, said it plans to launch a basic tablet computer for $99. Sibal turned to students and professors at India's elite technical universities to develop the $35 tablet after receiving a lukewarm response from private sector players. He hopes to get the cost down to $10 eventually. Mamta Varma, a ministry spokeswoman, said falling hardware costs and intelligent design make the price tag plausible. The tablet doesn't have a hard disk, but instead uses a memory card, much like a mobile phone. The tablet design cuts hardware costs, and the use of open-source software also adds to savings, she said. Varma said several global manufacturers, including at least one from Taiwan, have shown interest in making the low-cost device, but no manufacturing or distribution deals have been finalized. She declined to name any of the companies. India
Re: [scifinoir2] India unveils prototype of $35 tablet computer
That's not counting the people that still doesn't have broadband here in the US out in the more rural parts of the country. That's close to another 20 million or so. I think that they need to take the African approach and use cellphone towers. The real problem is going to be the backbone. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Didn't think of that, Mr Worf. The providers are being bandwidth Nazis as is. A few hundred million more folks horning in? They're likely to give birth, regardless of gender. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 7:20 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: I think what will happen is that it could create an entirely new market for people that are new to the net but the side effects is can the net handle it? I would love to see those machines sold here. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 3:13 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: I like this. We need connections along these lines far more than we need a half-billion folks in Facebook. On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: India unveils prototype of $35 tablet computer *By ERIKA KINETZ, AP* 6 hours ago Loading... Sharehttp://www.plaxo.com/events?share_link=%2Farticles%2Fnews-technology%2F20100723%2FAS.India.Supercheap.Computer%2F%3Fcid%3Dplaxoshare%26src%3Dcomcast_net_share_button No Thankshttp://www.comcast.net/articles/news-technology/20100723/AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/# *Must Read?**Thank You*Yes* **33*http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-technology/20100723/AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/# [image: news-technology-20100723-AS.India.Supercheap.Computer] http://www.comcast.net/slideshow/news-technology/news-technology-20100723-AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/ In this Thursday, July 22, 2010 photo, India's Human Resource Development Mi...http://www.comcast.net/slideshow/news-technology/news-technology-20100723-AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/ Share | http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comcast.net%2Farticles%2Fnews-technology%2F20100723%2FAS.India.Supercheap.Computer%2Ft=India%20unveils%20prototype%20of%20%2435%20tablet%20computer http://digg.com/submit?url=http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-technology/20100723/AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/title=India%20unveils%20prototype%20of%20%2435%20tablet%20computer http://www.myspace.com/Modules/PostTo/Pages/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comcast.net%2Farticles%2Fnews-technology%2F20100723%2FAS.India.Supercheap.Computer%2Ft=India%20unveils%20prototype%20of%20%2435%20tablet%20computer http://twitter.com/home?status=Currently%20reading%20http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comcast.net%2Farticles%2Fnews-technology%2F20100723%2FAS.India.Supercheap.Computer%2F http://www.plaxo.com/events?share_link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comcast.net%2Farticles%2Fnews-technology%2F20100723%2FAS.India.Supercheap.Computer%2F - Email Storyhttp://www.comcast.net/articles/news-technology/20100723/AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/ - Discuss http://community.comcast.net/ - Printhttp://www.comcast.net/articles/news-technology/20100723/AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/print/ http://comcast.p.delivery.net/m/p/com/cim/preferences.asp?cid=NET_47_1display=ACB MUMBAI, India — It looks like an iPad, only it's 1/14th the cost: India has unveiled the prototype of a $35 basic touchscreen tablet aimed at students, which it hopes to bring into production by 2011. If the government can find a manufacturer, the Linux operating system-based computer would be the latest in a string of world's cheapest innovations to hit the market out of India, which is home to the 100,000 rupee ($2,127) compact Nano car, the 749 rupees ($16) water purifier and the $2,000 open-heart surgery. The tablet can be used for functions like word processing, web browsing and video-conferencing. It has a solar power option too — important for India's energy-starved hinterlands — though that add-on costs extra. This is our answer to MIT's $100 computer, human resource development minister Kapil Sibal told the Economic Times when he unveiled the device Thursday. In 2005, Nicholas Negroponte — co-founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab — unveiled a prototype of a $100 laptop for children in the developing world. India rejected that as too expensive and embarked on a multiyear effort to develop a cheaper option of its own. Negroponte's laptop ended up costing about $200, but in May his nonprofit association, One Laptop Per Child, said it plans to launch a basic tablet computer for $99. Sibal turned to students and professors at India's elite technical universities to develop the $35 tablet after receiving a lukewarm response from private sector players. He hopes to get the cost down to $10 eventually. Mamta Varma, a ministry spokeswoman, said falling hardware costs and intelligent design make the price tag plausible. The tablet doesn't have a hard disk, but instead uses a memory card,
Re: [scifinoir2] India unveils prototype of $35 tablet computer
I read you there. Infrastructure, tech support, et cetera -- the needs would go off the charts. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: That's not counting the people that still doesn't have broadband here in the US out in the more rural parts of the country. That's close to another 20 million or so. I think that they need to take the African approach and use cellphone towers. The real problem is going to be the backbone. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Didn't think of that, Mr Worf. The providers are being bandwidth Nazis as is. A few hundred million more folks horning in? They're likely to give birth, regardless of gender. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 7:20 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: I think what will happen is that it could create an entirely new market for people that are new to the net but the side effects is can the net handle it? I would love to see those machines sold here. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 3:13 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: I like this. We need connections along these lines far more than we need a half-billion folks in Facebook. On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: India unveils prototype of $35 tablet computer *By ERIKA KINETZ, AP* 6 hours ago Loading... Sharehttp://www.plaxo.com/events?share_link=%2Farticles%2Fnews-technology%2F20100723%2FAS.India.Supercheap.Computer%2F%3Fcid%3Dplaxoshare%26src%3Dcomcast_net_share_button No Thankshttp://www.comcast.net/articles/news-technology/20100723/AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/# *Must Read?**Thank You*Yes* **33*http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-technology/20100723/AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/# [image: news-technology-20100723-AS.India.Supercheap.Computer] http://www.comcast.net/slideshow/news-technology/news-technology-20100723-AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/ In this Thursday, July 22, 2010 photo, India's Human Resource Development Mi...http://www.comcast.net/slideshow/news-technology/news-technology-20100723-AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/ Share | http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comcast.net%2Farticles%2Fnews-technology%2F20100723%2FAS.India.Supercheap.Computer%2Ft=India%20unveils%20prototype%20of%20%2435%20tablet%20computer http://digg.com/submit?url=http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-technology/20100723/AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/title=India%20unveils%20prototype%20of%20%2435%20tablet%20computer http://www.myspace.com/Modules/PostTo/Pages/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comcast.net%2Farticles%2Fnews-technology%2F20100723%2FAS.India.Supercheap.Computer%2Ft=India%20unveils%20prototype%20of%20%2435%20tablet%20computer http://twitter.com/home?status=Currently%20reading%20http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comcast.net%2Farticles%2Fnews-technology%2F20100723%2FAS.India.Supercheap.Computer%2F http://www.plaxo.com/events?share_link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comcast.net%2Farticles%2Fnews-technology%2F20100723%2FAS.India.Supercheap.Computer%2F - Email Storyhttp://www.comcast.net/articles/news-technology/20100723/AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/ - Discuss http://community.comcast.net/ - Printhttp://www.comcast.net/articles/news-technology/20100723/AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/print/ http://comcast.p.delivery.net/m/p/com/cim/preferences.asp?cid=NET_47_1display=ACB MUMBAI, India — It looks like an iPad, only it's 1/14th the cost: India has unveiled the prototype of a $35 basic touchscreen tablet aimed at students, which it hopes to bring into production by 2011. If the government can find a manufacturer, the Linux operating system-based computer would be the latest in a string of world's cheapest innovations to hit the market out of India, which is home to the 100,000 rupee ($2,127) compact Nano car, the 749 rupees ($16) water purifier and the $2,000 open-heart surgery. The tablet can be used for functions like word processing, web browsing and video-conferencing. It has a solar power option too — important for India's energy-starved hinterlands — though that add-on costs extra. This is our answer to MIT's $100 computer, human resource development minister Kapil Sibal told the Economic Times when he unveiled the device Thursday. In 2005, Nicholas Negroponte — co-founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab — unveiled a prototype of a $100 laptop for children in the developing world. India rejected that as too expensive and embarked on a multiyear effort to develop a cheaper option of its own. Negroponte's laptop ended up costing about $200, but in May his nonprofit association, One Laptop Per Child, said it plans to launch a basic tablet computer for $99. Sibal turned to students and professors at India's elite technical universities to develop the $35 tablet after receiving a lukewarm response from private sector players. He hopes to get the cost down to $10 eventually.
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Exactly. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: I read you there. Infrastructure, tech support, et cetera -- the needs would go off the charts. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: That's not counting the people that still doesn't have broadband here in the US out in the more rural parts of the country. That's close to another 20 million or so. I think that they need to take the African approach and use cellphone towers. The real problem is going to be the backbone. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Didn't think of that, Mr Worf. The providers are being bandwidth Nazis as is. A few hundred million more folks horning in? They're likely to give birth, regardless of gender. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 7:20 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: I think what will happen is that it could create an entirely new market for people that are new to the net but the side effects is can the net handle it? I would love to see those machines sold here. On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 3:13 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com wrote: I like this. We need connections along these lines far more than we need a half-billion folks in Facebook. On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: India unveils prototype of $35 tablet computer *By ERIKA KINETZ, AP* 6 hours ago Loading... Sharehttp://www.plaxo.com/events?share_link=%2Farticles%2Fnews-technology%2F20100723%2FAS.India.Supercheap.Computer%2F%3Fcid%3Dplaxoshare%26src%3Dcomcast_net_share_button No Thankshttp://www.comcast.net/articles/news-technology/20100723/AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/# *Must Read?**Thank You*Yes* **33*http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-technology/20100723/AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/# [image: news-technology-20100723-AS.India.Supercheap.Computer] http://www.comcast.net/slideshow/news-technology/news-technology-20100723-AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/ In this Thursday, July 22, 2010 photo, India's Human Resource Development Mi...http://www.comcast.net/slideshow/news-technology/news-technology-20100723-AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/ Share | http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comcast.net%2Farticles%2Fnews-technology%2F20100723%2FAS.India.Supercheap.Computer%2Ft=India%20unveils%20prototype%20of%20%2435%20tablet%20computer http://digg.com/submit?url=http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-technology/20100723/AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/title=India%20unveils%20prototype%20of%20%2435%20tablet%20computer http://www.myspace.com/Modules/PostTo/Pages/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comcast.net%2Farticles%2Fnews-technology%2F20100723%2FAS.India.Supercheap.Computer%2Ft=India%20unveils%20prototype%20of%20%2435%20tablet%20computer http://twitter.com/home?status=Currently%20reading%20http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comcast.net%2Farticles%2Fnews-technology%2F20100723%2FAS.India.Supercheap.Computer%2F http://www.plaxo.com/events?share_link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comcast.net%2Farticles%2Fnews-technology%2F20100723%2FAS.India.Supercheap.Computer%2F - Email Storyhttp://www.comcast.net/articles/news-technology/20100723/AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/ - Discuss http://community.comcast.net/ - Printhttp://www.comcast.net/articles/news-technology/20100723/AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/print/ http://comcast.p.delivery.net/m/p/com/cim/preferences.asp?cid=NET_47_1display=ACB MUMBAI, India — It looks like an iPad, only it's 1/14th the cost: India has unveiled the prototype of a $35 basic touchscreen tablet aimed at students, which it hopes to bring into production by 2011. If the government can find a manufacturer, the Linux operating system-based computer would be the latest in a string of world's cheapest innovations to hit the market out of India, which is home to the 100,000 rupee ($2,127) compact Nano car, the 749 rupees ($16) water purifier and the $2,000 open-heart surgery. The tablet can be used for functions like word processing, web browsing and video-conferencing. It has a solar power option too — important for India's energy-starved hinterlands — though that add-on costs extra. This is our answer to MIT's $100 computer, human resource development minister Kapil Sibal told the Economic Times when he unveiled the device Thursday. In 2005, Nicholas Negroponte — co-founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab — unveiled a prototype of a $100 laptop for children in the developing world. India rejected that as too expensive and embarked on a multiyear effort to develop a cheaper option of its own. Negroponte's laptop ended up costing about $200, but in May his nonprofit association, One Laptop Per Child, said it plans to launch a basic tablet computer for $99. Sibal turned to students and professors at India's elite technical universities to develop the $35 tablet after receiving a
[scifinoir2] India unveils prototype of $35 tablet computer
India unveils prototype of $35 tablet computer *By ERIKA KINETZ, AP* 6 hours ago Loading... Sharehttp://www.plaxo.com/events?share_link=%2Farticles%2Fnews-technology%2F20100723%2FAS.India.Supercheap.Computer%2F%3Fcid%3Dplaxoshare%26src%3Dcomcast_net_share_button No Thankshttp://www.comcast.net/articles/news-technology/20100723/AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/# *Must Read?**Thank You*Yes* **33*http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-technology/20100723/AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/# [image: news-technology-20100723-AS.India.Supercheap.Computer] http://www.comcast.net/slideshow/news-technology/news-technology-20100723-AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/ In this Thursday, July 22, 2010 photo, India's Human Resource Development Mi...http://www.comcast.net/slideshow/news-technology/news-technology-20100723-AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/ Share | http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comcast.net%2Farticles%2Fnews-technology%2F20100723%2FAS.India.Supercheap.Computer%2Ft=India%20unveils%20prototype%20of%20%2435%20tablet%20computer http://digg.com/submit?url=http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-technology/20100723/AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/title=India%20unveils%20prototype%20of%20%2435%20tablet%20computer http://www.myspace.com/Modules/PostTo/Pages/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comcast.net%2Farticles%2Fnews-technology%2F20100723%2FAS.India.Supercheap.Computer%2Ft=India%20unveils%20prototype%20of%20%2435%20tablet%20computer http://twitter.com/home?status=Currently%20reading%20http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comcast.net%2Farticles%2Fnews-technology%2F20100723%2FAS.India.Supercheap.Computer%2F http://www.plaxo.com/events?share_link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comcast.net%2Farticles%2Fnews-technology%2F20100723%2FAS.India.Supercheap.Computer%2F - Email Storyhttp://www.comcast.net/articles/news-technology/20100723/AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/ - Discuss http://community.comcast.net/ - Printhttp://www.comcast.net/articles/news-technology/20100723/AS.India.Supercheap.Computer/print/ http://comcast.p.delivery.net/m/p/com/cim/preferences.asp?cid=NET_47_1display=ACB MUMBAI, India — It looks like an iPad, only it's 1/14th the cost: India has unveiled the prototype of a $35 basic touchscreen tablet aimed at students, which it hopes to bring into production by 2011. If the government can find a manufacturer, the Linux operating system-based computer would be the latest in a string of world's cheapest innovations to hit the market out of India, which is home to the 100,000 rupee ($2,127) compact Nano car, the 749 rupees ($16) water purifier and the $2,000 open-heart surgery. The tablet can be used for functions like word processing, web browsing and video-conferencing. It has a solar power option too — important for India's energy-starved hinterlands — though that add-on costs extra. This is our answer to MIT's $100 computer, human resource development minister Kapil Sibal told the Economic Times when he unveiled the device Thursday. In 2005, Nicholas Negroponte — co-founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab — unveiled a prototype of a $100 laptop for children in the developing world. India rejected that as too expensive and embarked on a multiyear effort to develop a cheaper option of its own. Negroponte's laptop ended up costing about $200, but in May his nonprofit association, One Laptop Per Child, said it plans to launch a basic tablet computer for $99. Sibal turned to students and professors at India's elite technical universities to develop the $35 tablet after receiving a lukewarm response from private sector players. He hopes to get the cost down to $10 eventually. Mamta Varma, a ministry spokeswoman, said falling hardware costs and intelligent design make the price tag plausible. The tablet doesn't have a hard disk, but instead uses a memory card, much like a mobile phone. The tablet design cuts hardware costs, and the use of open-source software also adds to savings, she said. Varma said several global manufacturers, including at least one from Taiwan, have shown interest in making the low-cost device, but no manufacturing or distribution deals have been finalized. She declined to name any of the companies. India plans to subsidize the cost of the tablet for its students, bringing the purchase price down to around $20. Depending on the quality of material they are using, certainly it's plausible, said Sarah Rotman Epps, an analyst at Forrester Research. The question is, is it good enough for students? Profitability is also a question for the $35 machine. Epps said government subsidies or dual marketing — where higher-priced sales in the developed world are used to subside low-cost sales in markets like India — could convince a manufacturer to come on board. This and similar efforts — like the Kakai Kno and the Entourage Edge tablets — show that there is global demand for an affordable device to trim high textbook costs, she said. If it works, Epps predicts the device could send a shiver of
