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ye when uv got upwards of a billion people in your country often bulk buying makes things ridiculously cheaper. But in saying that $10 would make a pretty crap device anyway.]]>Feb 4th 2009 5:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/Feb 4th 2009 5:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/
When will the madness end?]]>Feb 4th 2009 6:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/Feb 4th 2009 8:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/Feb 4th 2009 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/Feb 4th 2009 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/Feb 4th 2009 3:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/
Sounds better than being stuck with 30 year old dog-eared textbooks filled with out-of-date information.]]>Feb 4th 2009 4:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/Feb 4th 2009 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/
I wasn't expecting much out of the "$10 laptop" claim, but Christ, I think this product is grounds for laptops to sue them for defamation of character.]]>Feb 4th 2009 3:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/Feb 4th 2009 3:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/Feb 4th 2009 8:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/Feb 4th 2009 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/
$ 10 laptop thats crazy Unless you got yourself a used V-Tech toy from a thrift shop.]]>Feb 4th 2009 3:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/Feb 4th 2009 3:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/Feb 4th 2009 3:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/Feb 4th 2009 3:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/Feb 4th 2009 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/Feb 4th 2009 3:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/
its actually set top box.. with much fewer features than what is being reported..]]>Feb 4th 2009 3:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/Feb 4th 2009 4:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/Feb 4th 2009 4:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/Feb 4th 2009 5:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/Feb 4th 2009 4:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/Feb 4th 2009 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/Feb 4th 2009 4:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/Feb 4th 2009 4:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/
So its a freakin' USB thumb drive? A 10" high 5 inch wide USB thumb drive? Whisky Tango Foxtrot, Over?]]>Feb 4th 2009 4:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/*waits for someone to make a bad joke out of this*]]>Feb 4th 2009 4:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/Feb 4th 2009 5:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/Feb 4th 2009 6:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/Feb 4th 2009 6:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/1. Happy farmers
2. Village kids in school uniform smiling
3. Poor/village women getting medical services with a baby in hand
4. Food grain promises to poor people at stupidly low prices
5. A $10 laptop
6. Cars running fast on clean roads infront of tall buildings
7. A flyover with similar things mentioned in point 6 (same flyover used by previous govt. as well..!)
8. A manufacturing unit with all workers smiling (some small industry loan ad)
9. Electric poles and cables running across fields with point 1
10. Pre-owned/rejected russian fighter jets flying in sky with foreign guests smiling..]]>Feb 5th 2009 1:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/Feb 4th 2009 6:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/Feb 4th 2009 6:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/Feb 4th 2009 6:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/
So, the much vaunted 10$ laptop is just a 30$ external hard drive!? I wonder how much he got paid to create that.

The only thing harder to believe than a 10$ laptop is that this guy isn't in jail for fraud at this point. ]]>Feb 4th 2009 7:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/Feb 4th 2009 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/
WTF do they refer to it as the $10 laptop for?

/facepalm]]>Feb 4th 2009 7:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/
It's kinda like the whole Joe the Plumber thing. Not Joe. Not a plumber. Nuff said.]]>Feb 4th 2009 9:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/Feb 4th 2009 7:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/Feb 4th 2009 7:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/Feb 4th 2009 7:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/
He can use Office, get online and watch content.

I am pretty sure that there is a way to get that cost down to $175 (get microsoft to offer free software, halve the RAM & HDD, Get rid of a usb port and the card readers, cut our retail margins & get producers to offer this at cost + 3%)

This may not be affordable for a mass or rural users but its infinitely more suited to receive a subsidy to bring prices down to $90 odd.

Now that is something achievable, would not require anyone to waste time conducting glorious amounts of research. Find a configuration, which is on the lower side, find a vendor, sponsors and add subsidy. distribute.

hell, you can even add the politicians bribes at $10 a head and its still easier to do than work on a 10$ laptop. but the govt will never do it, because its actually something useful and the Govt of India is not interested in doing something useful, they just like to talk about it. ]]>Feb 4th 2009 8:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/
do you know something we dont?]]>Feb 4th 2009 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/Feb 4th 2009 8:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/Feb 4th 2009 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/Feb 4th 2009 9:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/04/indias-10-laptop-is-not-a-laptop/Feb 4th 2009 10:34AM