India released a Rs.1, 500($30) laptop / Tablet PC for students and teachers in colleges and Universities. The device is currently not available for sale in the market as government has decided to launch it for students in 2011.
This project was a result of discussions on this project with a group of experts at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras and IIT Bombay by the human resource development ministry. The human resource development ministry would send out these laptops. This product is expected to bring bright prospect for learners.
Specifications:
Display: 7” colour LCD/TFT
Keyboard: Built in
RAM: 2GB
Hard Drive: 32GB
Connectivity: Wifi, USB 2.0(2), Ethernet port.
Operating System: Android
Power: 2 watt
Processor: Unknown
Expandable Memory upto 8GB(SD Card)
VGA Port(For connecting to Projector)
Features:
Open Office
SciLab
Internet browsing
Video web conferencing facility,
Multimedia content in a variety of formats(pdf, docx, ods, adp, xls, jpeg, gif, png, bmp, odt, zip, AVCHD, AVI, AC3)