India Demos $35 Tablet Computer for Rural Poor

India has introduced a cheap tablet computer it hopes will deliver modern technology to the countryside to help lift villagers out of poverty. (Oct. 5)

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[goldyblita]

people with limited mental capabilities shouting to give poor food and shelter first, have no idea what cellphones have done in India! there might not be electricity in every home but many have cellphones which they charge at some shop or something and use to keep themselves updated with customers, pricing etc. I don't know right now if this tablet will be an effective solution but we have to find some sustainable solution for poverty and not just distribute subsidized food and shelter.

[yes4me]

Why can't we have that kind of stuff in the US? After all most of us are poor too.

[Harshamostwanted1]

@bushpigfication all these devices are made in India more jobs more money they can eat and poor people poor students can get education with this ultra cost effective device

[AbbyPDV]

So the saying "Necessity is the mother of all inventions" is true.

[SK4869]

Good things come to those who wait and believe me they have waited

Long enough.. :D

[TheCorrelliful]

@kammireddypavon None of this logic makes any sense. The point of this video is to show the possibilities of how you can help, to show what's been changed and it's also fascinating. Decreasing taxes for rich people, would only logically make them richer. While they might feel like using that money to create jobs, they have no obligation to do so, just as much as a businessman with a lower stature in revenue. The taxes have never been quite handled quite well since I've been alive.

[balaji143]

it nice & future techonolgy , its cheap like other products also to come like this product.how to become a retailer on this product , in which city it is selling.

[sableboreal]

@goldyblita True. Some people believe that to finish poverty is to give the food, but more important is to give the oportunity to get food. And maybe this is not solving it at all, but is helping people to access to technology and tools that can approach them to get the oportunity to work and finish with their poverty. Also, they are just accessing to something that everybody has the right to acces, no matter wich economic condition they belong; they are just enjoying of making part of this.

[JamitInternacional]

0:50... speaks like Apu. Thumb up if agreed!!!!

[csuka86]

someone plz make the "Can Cross it 2" video from 0:51 - 0:58 :)

[orangedac]

its going to be available in November.

watch for it and buy a few for Christmas to give as gifts to family, friends and to the children's charity.