India took pride in making a pc at just a cost of 35$ i.e approximately Rs.1800/-.The word said by Indian government for providing a cheap tablet pc for every indian student before two years atlast has finalised to come true.
According to sources, it is said that the SAKSHAT Tablet pc is yet to be released to the earlier in a week, as said by Kapil Sibal, minister for human resource development(INDIA).
The making rights is reserved for an UK based firm called Datawind which has prior reputation in the tabletpc making industry.The price is subsidized for the educational institutions in India, with the actual cost of production roughly Rs. 3,000 leading to around Rs.1800.
The latest known specifications of the $35 tablet are: Froyo OS, Wi-Fi and USB connectivity, 256MB of RAM, 2GB inbuilt storage, expandable up to 32GB via microSD (2GB microSD card bundled).
Project Sakshat is collaboratively undertaken by IISc (The Indian Institute of Science) and IIT's (Indian Institute of Technology) to review and add research suggestions for further improvements after their trials on its usage. The aim of this project is to lessen the gap in technology amongst the Indian upcoming students and teaching staff by linking 25,000 colleges and 400 universities throughout INDIA by an program of e-learning via an existing portal said as Sakshat.
The making rights is reserved for an UK based firm called Datawind which has prior reputation in the tabletpc making industry.The price is subsidized for the educational institutions in India, with the actual cost of production roughly Rs. 3,000 leading to around Rs.1800.
The latest known specifications of the $35 tablet are: Froyo OS, Wi-Fi and USB connectivity, 256MB of RAM, 2GB inbuilt storage, expandable up to 32GB via microSD (2GB microSD card bundled).
Project Sakshat is collaboratively undertaken by IISc (The Indian Institute of Science) and IIT's (Indian Institute of Technology) to review and add research suggestions for further improvements after their trials on its usage. The aim of this project is to lessen the gap in technology amongst the Indian upcoming students and teaching staff by linking 25,000 colleges and 400 universities throughout INDIA by an program of e-learning via an existing portal said as Sakshat.
