The Indian government introduced a $35 tablet in 2011, aimed at students in the rapidly developing nation. Recently a slightly more advanced version of the Aakash tablet went on sale for about $45, and people have been signing up for pre-orders like nobody’s business. But it looks like the Aakash tablet from DataWind isn’t the only game in town. A…

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For the past year Indian officials have been promising to launch a $35 Android tablet aimed at students. Today it’s finally available — and while the tablet is a little more expensive than promised, it’s still dirt cheap for a mobile computing device. Production of the tablet was outsourced to British company DataWind, makers of the UbiSurfer line of mobile devices. But…

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Think that new $199 Amazon Kindle Fire tablet is cheap? Indian officials plan to launch a tablet for students on October 5th that will be available for just $35. We’ve been hearing stories about the cheap Indian tablet since last summer — and it’s not the country’s first foray into cheap computers. Officials promised a $10 laptop way back in…

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Asus isn’t the only company with a new low-cost netbook powered by MeeGo Linux and a 1.33 GHz Intel Atom N435 processor. Samsung also recently unveiled a MeeGo netbook called the Samsung N100. But while Asus plans to sell the Eee PC X101 in the US and other developed nations as well as developing markets, the only country I’m aware…

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Samsung is set to launch a low-cost netbook in India. It’s called the Samsung N100 and in order to keep the price down, Samsung is using a low power 1.33 GHz Intel Atom N435 processor and MeeGo Linux operating system. It will sell for about 12,290 rupees, which is about $275 US. If the specs sound familiar, that’s because the…

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I know this will come as a huge shock to everyone who’s been following the story closely, but it looks like the Indian government is having a hard time keeping its promise to deliver a $35 tablet computer. According to The Economic Times of India, the vendor tapped to build the Sakshat tablet failed to hold up its end of…

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An Indian company called iDuple has just announced plans to build an internet tablet. The concept combines a couple of ideas that have been kicking around for a couple of years. On their own, they’ve all seemed like rather bad ideas, but when you combine them… well, iDuple might actually be on to something here. Maybe. Here’s the pitch. The…

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If you’ve been waiting with baited breath to find out whether India would actually be able to produce a Google Android powered tablet for students for just $35 per unit, it looks like you won’t have to wait all that much longer. LiveMint  reports that the Indian government is working with HCL Technologies to produce the $35 Sakshat tablet starting…

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Sure, the government of India thinks it can produce a Google Android tablet that will cost just $35 (when you order a million units), but Indian company Allgo has designed a prototype that is says could be built for just $50 — without requiring a government-sized order to bring costs down. Of course, a tablet that costs $50 to build…

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Still skeptical that India is going to be able to follow through on plans to deliver a $35 tablet? So am I. But that didn’t stop Indian Human Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal from going on the Gadget Guru show to discuss the project. And he promises that in 2011, the Indian government will put 1 million of these cheap…

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Sure, the Apple iPad may having a starting price of $499, but that doesn’t mean you have to spend half a grand to pick up a tablet computer. The government of India has unveiled a handheld tablet that it says could sell to students for about $35. And believe it or not, it’s not made of paper. We don’t have…

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The Asus Eee PC 1201NL is basically a cheaper version of the Eee PC 1201N. While both models have 12.1 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel displays and NVIDIA ION graphics, the 1201N has a dual core Atom 330 processor and ships with Windows 7 Home Premium, while the 1201NL has a single core Atom N270 CPU and Windows XP. It’s…

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