Indian 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 the time it goes into production in six months, officials are hoping to bring the price down to $10. The machine will be called the Sakshat laptop, and it will have 2GB of storage, built in WiFi and Ethernet, and it will use just 2 watts of electricity. And it may or may not be real. Information Week reports that some Indian critics have noted that the announcement comes shortly before elections, and $10 laptops developed by the government sure sounds like a nice campaign promise.
via Gizmodo
“The machine will be called the Sakshat laptop” Does that translate to “bag of poop”?
Photos have leaked out. No screen and no keyboard. How is this a laptop?