India's '$10 laptop' to cost US$100 after all
A low-cost laptop being developed by the Indian government in tandem with two leading Indian education and research institutions will cost US$100 when available, and not $10 as was earlier stated by the government.
A spokesman for Minister of State for Higher Education, D. Purandeswari, said on Wednesday that the price of the laptop would in fact be US$100 rather than $10.
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In a transcript of the speech delivered by Purandeswari at a conference in Delhi on Tuesday, which was provided by the government's press bureau to reporters, the Minister was quoted as saying that the government aims to provide $10 laptops to students.
The transcript has been updated subsequently to reflect the new price of the laptop.
Research on the low-cost laptop is being already carried out at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras. The government did not however provide information on the specifications of the laptop, or whether the price would include a subsidy from the government.
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"... the Minister was quoted
"... the Minister was quoted as saying that the government aims to provide $10 laptops to students..."In the internet age, when everyone is a journalist, there is bound to be a few who do not know how to transcribe the above statement. The above statement says that government will provide students with $10 laptop. That does not mean government will internationally selll a $10 laptop. Government can even buy a $1000 Dell and give it to students for $10. People must stop reading irresponsible bloggers who think they are "journalists". Now that the news is clarified, let this be a lesson for hasty bloggers, pseudo-journalists, etc. Afterall bloggers are getting second hand news.
I feel this is waste of
I feel this is waste of effort and funds that can be used for something more productive. They can simply go with Intel Classmate Laptops or MIT's OLPC $100 Laptop (http://laptop.org/). The funds can be used for writing better textbooks or software or other improvements useful for education.Venkatarangan
unless the specs are
unless the specs are provided .. i wont believe this bull. May be they are researching on glorified calculator. I think govt has concluded that simputer episode has been forgotten by people.