India Brings Its Own Low Cost Laptop

As competition to One Laptop Per Child and Intel's models, India is set to introduce its own low-cost laptop, aimed at the country's schoolchildren and students.

As part of a plan to update technology in Indian schools and colleges, the country is set to unveil its own low-cost laptop, the BBC reports.

It’s due to be introduced today at Triupati, Andrha Pradesh, as the central pillar of India’s National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technologies, and will stand as a competitor to similar machines from One Laptop Per Child and Intel, both of whom offer low-cost laptops. It was developed at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras.

Few details were available, but the laptop will reportedly have 2GB of memory and a wireless connection. Corrected transcripts of the speech about the computer say it will cost $100, not the $10 originally stated, although that’s still a lot cheaper than the competition.

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  1. James at 8:47am 4th February 2009 This laptop comes with a free person to operate it for you. Gotta love India!
  2. Afroz Siddiqui at 12:21am 4th February 2009 Come on India !
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