The $35 tablet isn't hogwash
Given India's chequered history of non-deliverable low-cost devices, it's easy to believe the sceptics of India's $35 tablet.
But this device might just turn the tables.
Striking a confident pose during a TV interview on Wednesday, India's incumbent Human Resource Development minister, Mr Kapil Sibal, said that he was all set to deliver 1 million tablets to students in India's colleges and universities in 2011 at the promised $35. He also reiterated his aim to bring down the price of the tablet to $10 a piece, riding on falling hardware prices.
Both the presenters, who have reviewed tablets of all shapes and sizes (and cost) before, and were aware of India's earlier failed attempts to make handheld computers, like the Sakshat and the Simputer, were impressed by the device's built quality, and acknowledged that their efforts to "crash" the device were unsuccessful.
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