India's $10 laptop is not a laptop
By Thomas Ricker 
posted February 4th 2009 3:28AM
posted February 4th 2009 3:28AM
You know what was missing from the so-call "unveiling" of India's $10 laptop yesterday? Photos. Now we think we know why. The $10 laptop is not a laptop at all, the display-less and keyboard-less prototype device demonstrated is just a 10 x 5-inch wide slab that stores (and apparently prints) distributed learning materials which can later be retrieved by an impoverished child... using a laptop and paper he can't afford to purchase. It's also said to cost $30 and could be a component to a low cost laptop in the future; a claim that is fiercely disputed by Taiwanese component makers. Still, without any official photos of the device or specs posted to one of the many government agencies involved in the project, well, we still can't say we're 100% confident saying what this device is. Not that chest-thumping rhetoric and purposeful misinformation should be a surprise from politicians seeking re-election.Update: Added that image to the right of what's purported to be the non-laptop prototype by The Hindu (and we're not going to argue with the Hindu).
[Via OnlyGizmos, Thanks Shrikanth G.]
Read -- Not a laptop 1
Read -- Not a laptop 2
Read -- Taiwan's laptop industry skeptical
Thats not really fair to say, India have brought us some good stuff, and there is nothing prohibiting them from saying the same about your nationality.
Meet SacShat the pandabear.
bar of gold for only $1***
***its not actually a bar of gold. its actually something that doesn't even closely resemble a bar of gold. Experts say one day a long time from now it may be possible to make bars of gold using it, but only if you have a billion dollars to spend on the rest of the components for the machine that will, in fact, make bars of gold... maybe.
lmao - well done sir, well done
**tips hat
Well, It's not all bad. It seems to be a fairly compact desktop computer with a 2 gb sd drive in it. Interested in knowing the specs though.
I have a 50 cent internet device , its actually a LAn cable but once you purchase a 500$ laptop + a 30$ a month internet connection , you can get some serious education done
So why is this news worthy? It seemed like every news that resemble 'technology' from India gets announced as if it was a first iPhone! Give me a break! Do your research first.
UN-FREAKING-BELIEVABLE!!!
2 pages worth of comments and no one, NO ONE, has asked if it can play Crysis...
I'm appalled.
Don't you mean SakShat politicians?