Thread: $10 laptop

In an attempt to empower millions of students across the country, Indian Government agencies have formulated plans to release a laptop at prices that equal that of a trip to a pizzeria in the west. Under a Government-sponsored scheme that runs parallel to the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) global initiative, the administration sought to make implement this scheme to make the computer up to 10 times more affordable than an OLPC. The Government believes that the hidden costs involved in deploying laptops under the OLPC scheme make it still inaccessible to the larger student population, and that much better hardware could be provided at its cost.

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I just cant w8 !!!

PS: I don care if this thread is not counted. This was some interesting info i wanted to share.

Thats a wonderful development. Thanks for the info

wow!
even if its subsidised, at least finally some govt. money is going in the right direction.

This is just a Abition which is never gonna see light of the day.
Wanna know why, read this:
http://www.deeshaa.org/2009/02/01/the-indian-10-laptop/ (Not my Blog)

Mohammed Siddique in Hyderabad | February 03, 2009 | 21:03 IST

The 'world's cheapest laptop', developed in India, was unveiled by Union Minister for Human Resources Development Arjun Singh at the Tirupati temple on Tuesday evening.

The laptop, jointly developed by several organisations, such as the University Grants Commission, the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, will be priced at around $10 to $20 (about Rs 500 to Rs 1,000), officials said.

S K Sinha, joint secretary in the ministry for education, giving a demonstration of the device which is smaller than the normal laptop, said that it will need some more fine-tuning. He said the laptop is expected to reach the market in about six months.

Arjun Singh had an interaction with the vice chancellors of the remote states like Jammu and Kashmir and Manipur to prove the point that the device will be able to bring about high quality networking among the various institutions of higher education and also increase the skills of e learning of the students in rural areas.

The project has already created a buzz in the laptop industry across the world.

The laptop has 2 GB onboard memory with wireless Internet connectivity. To make it useful for the students, especially in the rural areas, the scientists have made it low power consuming gadget.

The mission was launched at a huge gathering of academicians and the officials from across the country including thirty vice chancellors of central and state universities at the campus of Sri Venkateshwara University Tirupati.

Like the National Mission on Education through ICT, the laptop is also aimed at improving the skills of students, both at the school and higher levels. Under the mission the government also intends to provide high-speed Internet access to the schools to download e-books and e-journals and other material. Students will be able to download the material through the 'Sakshat' portal.

The goal of the national mission is to increase the enrollment in higher education in the country by 5 per cent over the next five years. The government will subsidise 25 per cent of broadband connectivity costs for private and public colleges.

The $10 laptop is being seen as India's reply to One Laptop per Child's XO and Classmate of Intel. The XO, created by scientist Nicholas Negroponte and MIT Media Lab was originally targeted to cost only $100 but by the time it was ready to enter the market its cost went up to $188. The Classmate notebook PC from Intel was priced at $ 300 a piece.

In contrast, the Indian government's effort to market lap top at only $10 has caused a flutter in the international laptop market and many players are curious to know the details of the costing and how Indians managed to keep the cost so low.

Nicholas Negroponte is not fully satisfied with the cost projection. "I fear it is not serious. We'd love a $20 laptop but the display costs more," he was quoted as saying by <EM>Boston Globe</EM>.

India unveils $10 laptop!

is this possible ? or this is another scam to win votes for the upcoming elections ?

I am not sure what is this deal and how they are planing to make it real.

Wasnt the same news posted somedays before by someone else. I remember reading a link which was posted in that thread which states why this venture will not be successful. The link which i read was posted by Gaurish (gary4gar).

I would be happy even if they manage to make a $100 laptop, which we can use to store data and access internet.

It turned out to be a big lie of 2009 : )
It is just a storage device..

source please..........

Hi chintoo

can you please share source of information and we already got a thread open where we are discussing this issue.

Merging this thread with orgnal thread.

very good initiative from the govt. if at all it sees the light .... but a $10 laptop i dont think its ever gonna happen

Originally Posted by panchabhut

source please..........

sry bro the source seems to have been removed. It was on an online news website.

Originally Posted by rajan1311

sry bro the source seems to have been removed. It was on an online news website.

I can still see a source in the first post

I saw this news on various news websites. I was so convinced that this is a hoax or gimmick, I did not even bother to read the post. If someone had said $200 for laptop it would been at least worth a look.

You cannot get even a keyboard for $10. And what about parts like CPU, motherboard, display, mouse, etc.? Tomorrow I will say I can sell a car for Rs. 700. But of course, those are just wheel hub caps. Every else is extra. Really!!

Let us stop being gullible and believe in such news like "Petrol from Herbs and Plant juices", etc.

Originally Posted by cool_techie_tvm

I can still see a source in the first post

i cant on chrome. Says link is broken.

dude they did not say it was woth $10. They will make it as cheap as possible and the sell it at $10 (loss paid by the government i guess?).

500 huh.......thats wht ppl normally pay for internet pm

besides if its govt scheme....then we all know how good are GOI products....

let them come out(the most important part).....let ppl try it successfully.....& then we will see

i hope lappy will not explode (battery buy GOI)

2GB memory ........i dont think it was possible........

Originally Posted by amitkool21

2GB memory ........i dont think it was possible........

Well it is possible. The only gripe is that the made a portable drive, rather than a full fledged PC.

Originally Posted by cool_techie_tvm

Well it is possible. The only gripe is that the made a portable drive, rather than a full fledged PC.

they are talking about laptop man........what with LCD and other things.......what you think it may be of 9-10 inches and its keyboard was more bigger than its screen in proportions........

Originally Posted by amitkool21

they are talking about laptop man........what with LCD and other things.......what you think it may be of 9-10 inches and its keyboard was more bigger than its screen in proportions........

I am also speaking about the same laptop. Didnt u read the recent reviews regarding this $10 laptop?

http://i.gizmodo.com/5145998/indias-...-big-dumb-joke

All the things start up with excitement but end at nothing. Govt will first say they will sell it for 10.than they will say we are outa funds so decreasing the subsidies. Who knows what they are talking about. I think its just a Pocket organiser cum electronic managing diary i once use when i was a kid.

i think govt planning to launch some new kind of Digital Diaries......and started to call them Laptops.......

Originally Posted by amitkool21

i think govt planning to launch some new kind of Digital Diaries......and started to call them Laptops.......

yeah, i too think the same. I think these are some digital diaries out there. I wish i can have one.formerly i got one from C.P. I hope the govt plans to make some ipockets too. subsidised ipockets

Originally Posted by amitkool21

i think govt planning to launch some new kind of Digital Diaries......and started to call them Laptops.......

i too think the same i think they are buying the thing which you mentioned

Originally Posted by amitkool21

i think govt planning to launch some new kind of Digital Diaries......and started to call them Laptops.......

Thats what Sakshat Laptop: India's $10 'Laptop' Basically a Big, Dumb Joke suggests !!