World's First $10 Laptop To Be Unveiled On Monday

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World's First $10 Laptop To Be Unveiled On Monday30th January 2009, 8:11 pm

Credit crunched rejoice: the world’s first $10 laptop is set to be unveiled on Monday. Yeah, $10. Kinda makes a joke out of OLPC, doesn’t it?

The budget box is set to be unveiled at the launch of the Indian government’s National Mission on Education through Information and Communication on Monday as part of a joint effort by several universities in the country.

The project was started several years ago after One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) founder Nicholas Negroponte tried to sell the $100 laptop scheme to the Indian government, who promptly said they could do better for less and told him to shove it. There’s no confirmed specs, but unofficial sources are touting 2GB of memory, Wi-Fi, ethernet and serious low power consumption of around 2 watts.

We’re a little dubious to say the least about this, considering the cost of all the parts that would have to go into a working laptop - a government minister has already said the cost may be edging closer to $20, and even that still seems circumspect.

We’re more than happy to be proved wrong though. We’ll bring you more should it materialise next week, and if not, you can sure we’ll be bringing out the vapourware iron to brand it with. Source; http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2009/01/30/10-laptop-to-be-unveiled-monday/

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Re: World's First $10 Laptop To Be Unveiled On Monday31st January 2009, 3:13 am

Can I buy it? I can use it for reading me e-books. Cheesy Grin (sparkly

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Re: World's First $10 Laptop To Be Unveiled On Monday31st January 2009, 4:33 am

I am doubtful about this case, i believe if it is gonna be true, the specs would be down to dust..........

Re: World's First $10 Laptop To Be Unveiled On Monday31st January 2009, 5:20 am

NEW DELHI: A $10 laptop (Rs 500) prototype, with 2 GB RAM capacity, would be on display in Tirupati on February 3 when the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Techology is launched.

The $10 laptop project, first reported in TOI three years ago, has come as an answer to the $100 laptop of MIT's Nicholas Negroponte that he was trying to hardsell to India. The $10 laptop has come out of the drawing board stage due to work put in by students of Vellore Institute of Technology, scientists in Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, IIT-Madras and involvement of PSUs like Semiconductor Complex. “At this stage, the price is working out to be $20 but with mass production it is bound to come down,” R P Agarwal, secretary, higher education said.

Apart from questioning the technology of $100 laptops, the main reason for HRD ministry's resistance to Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project was the high and the hidden cost that worked out to be $200.

The mission launch would also see demonstration of e-classroom, virtual laboratory and a better 'Sakshat' portal that was launched more than two years ago. Sources also said that the ministry has entered into an agreement with four publishers — Macmillan, Tata McGraw Hill, Prentice-Hall and Vikas Publishing — to upload their textbooks on 'Sakshat'. Five per cent of these books can be accessed free.

The mission, with an 11th plan outlay of Rs 4,612 crore, is aimed at making a serious intervention in enhancing the Gross Enrolment Ratio in higher education. The mission has two major components. One, content generation through its portal 'Sakshat', and two, building connectivity along with providing access devices for institutions and learners.

In this context, government would give Rs 2.5 lakh per institution for 10 Kbps connection and subsidise 25% of costs for private and state government colleges.

The mission would seek to extend computer infrastructure and connectivity to over 18,000 colleges in the country, including each department of nearly 400 universities and institutions of national importance. The mission would focus on appropriate e-learning procedures, providing facility of performing experiments through virtual laboratories, online testing and certification, online availability of teachers to guide and mentor learners, and utilization of EduSat and DTH. Source ; http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Rs_500-laptop_display_on_Feb_3/articleshow/4049914.cms

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Re: World's First $10 Laptop To Be Unveiled On Monday31st January 2009, 6:21 am

oops, that was true TECHY, definitely that would help us all, but again if u cud get me the specs on the processor etc...
good post.... keep it up

Re: World's First $10 Laptop To Be Unveiled On Monday31st January 2009, 6:50 am

Well The specifications have not been published Officially By The Government of India so far For this laptop & i dont want to post any unofficial specs. This laptop is meant usually for underprivileged children who cannot afford laptops for their education. Thats why the concept; One Laptop per Child came into existence. Hope this helps.

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