Liliputing » $10 laptop http://liliputing.com Compact Computing Sat, 26 May 2012 13:58:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 India’s $10 computer ain’t a laptop http://liliputing.com/2009/02/indias-10-computer-aint-a-laptop.html http://liliputing.com/2009/02/indias-10-computer-aint-a-laptop.html#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:12:27 +0000 Brad Linder http://www.liliputing.com/?p=5382 10-dollar-non-laptopYou know that $10 Sakshat laptop that Indian officials unveiled yesterday? Yeah, it's not a laptop. I've been reading conflicting information about this device for the past few months. Sometimes it's supposed to cost $10, sometimes $100. And sometimes it's called a laptop while other times it had been referred to as a portable computer, which isn't necessarily the same...

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]]> http://liliputing.com/2009/02/indias-10-computer-aint-a-laptop.html/feed 20 India’s $10 laptop inches closer to reality http://liliputing.com/2009/02/indias-10-laptop-inches-closer-to-realityst.html http://liliputing.com/2009/02/indias-10-laptop-inches-closer-to-realityst.html#comments Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:13:34 +0000 Brad Linder http://www.liliputing.com/?p=5368 10-dollar-laptopIndian officials formally unveiled their plans to create a $10 laptop today. And by unveiled, I mean they gave the project a name and confirmed everything that was already revealed last week but failed to produce a prototype or even a picture of a mockup stored in someone's closet. The laptop will reportedly cost closer to $20 at launch, but...

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]]> http://liliputing.com/2009/02/indias-10-laptop-inches-closer-to-realityst.html/feed 2 Indian government to unveil $10 computer prototype http://liliputing.com/2009/01/indian-government-to-unveil-10-computer-prototype.html http://liliputing.com/2009/01/indian-government-to-unveil-10-computer-prototype.html#comments Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:03:53 +0000 Brad Linder http://www.liliputing.com/?p=5212 ten-dollar-billIndian officials plan to show a prototype of a new portable computer next week that is in some ways the country's answer to the OLPC "$100 laptop"  The idea was to create a computer for students in the developing nation that could be sold for far below the cost of the XO Laptop, which actually costs closer to $200. How...

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]]> http://liliputing.com/2009/01/indian-government-to-unveil-10-computer-prototype.html/feed 12 India working on a $100 laptop, take that Gartner! http://liliputing.com/2008/07/india-working-on-a-10-laptop-take-that-gartner.html http://liliputing.com/2008/07/india-working-on-a-10-laptop-take-that-gartner.html#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:56:39 +0000 Brad Linder http://www.liliputing.com/?p=560 Sure, research analysts at Gartner may say the mythical $100 laptop is at least 3 years away. But apparently the folks at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore never got the memo. Because IDG News reports that they're developing a laptop that will be sold for just $100, (not $10 as earlier reports suggested) Now let's be clear, there...

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