Remember the exciting news about India's $10 laptop, which turned out to be just a typo per a spokesman for the Minister of State for Higher Education? (See previous post here.)
Well, it's back.
Yahoo News is reporting that India has unveiled plans (again) to produce a laptop costing just $10 in a bid to improve the skills of millions of students. While Higher Education Secretary R.P. Agrawal has already announced that the laptops would be available within six months, details are still scarce. Reported features include 2GB RAM and Wifi, but officials have not publicly demonstrated a prototype nor yet explained how it can be produced at such a low cost.
The government has earmarked more than 46 billion rupees ($939 million) to develop the laptops to work in rural areas with unreliable power supply and poor Internet connectivity.
Here's hoping it isn't yet another typo.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
India's $10 laptop
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