Indian 35 $ Tablet AKASH- better than IPAD

India has developed a 35-dollar touch-screen laptop, touted as the world's cheapest, under a programme to provide connectivity to students in schools and universities
The laptop unveiled by the country's Human Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal is described by the government as a 'low-cost computing and internet-access device.'

Sibal said his ministry had initiated talks with global companies about its manufacture and hoped to bring down the price to 10 dollars after the device was mass produced.

'India had developed another low-cost computing device last year but it cost about 65 dollars. This is a different model ... it looks like an Apple iPad,' Mamta Verma, a ministry spokeswoman, said.

The laptop has all the basic features, including a built-in keyboard, 2 GB of RAM memory, Wi-fi connectivity, USB ports and is powered by a 2-watt system for use in power-deficit areas.

The seven- and nine-inch (18- and 23-centimetre) Linux-based touchscreen gadget, which can be run on solar-power, in addition to the battery-operated system, is likely to be introduced in higher-education institutions next year.

The device was developed by research teams comprising students, professors and experts from the Indian Institute of Technology and the Indian Institute of Sciences.

India's education policy aims at supplying connectivity to colleges and universities, providing low-cost and affordable access and computing devices for students and teachers and offering high-quality e-content free of cost to students.

The government spends just about 3 per cent of gross domestic product annually on education. The literacy rate has shown steady improvement over the past few years to reach over 65 per cent of India's 1.2-billion population.

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[2010rizi]

indian`s are not talented they are cheap these all call centers are run by uk & us companies cuz its cheap labour in india so we save money by using indian`s watch slumdog millioair this is real india FFRRREEEEDDDOOOM

[abh3092]

@2010rizi --how big talent you have to generalize that all indians work in call center answering your phone

[cvunit]

I think 35 dollars is still a lot for Indians

[abh3092]

@cvunit --not necessarily.In 35 $ you get an ordinary low cost cycle which majority of indians can afford

[nkdrums85]

@cvunit Cause u need our brain which u dnt hav.. Indians r more talented in every field than u ... thats y u call us there and spend more money on us....LOL..and u people just sit and comment on our videos cause u get jealous..cause u ppl hav no work to do .....if not.. than what r u doin here on ths page? u jealous...

[muhmmadali3]

WELL DONE INDIA



[muhmmadali3]

ITS WHER WE BY THIS IN PAKISTAN

[2010rizi]

so why all these ppl are not in your own country? why cuz u cant afford thier wages?

[BadAss708]

@2010rizi

Silicon Vally in California United States is run by Indians.. and u think Indians only work in call centers!

...36% of scientists in NASA are Indians... and u think Indians only work in call centers!!..

...38% of doctors(physicians, dentists, PhDs, etc) in America are Indian....and u think Indians only work in call centers!!..

Indians dominate in medical sciences, as well as in engineering fields...and u think Indians only work in call centers!!..

[himu533290]

@cvunit

because you rich people stealing our resources :/

[himu533290]

@cvunit

yess even 1 $ is high :/ we are very poor

[2010rizi]

taking over the world or taking over the gunk you fcking slum

[the20hunk]

@2010rizi hey paki bustard , hate all you want , Indians are taking over the world ...LOL

[djhimmu]

@2010rizi SUK MY DIK