After three years of work, engineers in India have succeeded in developing the world’s cheapest tablet laptop.
The device will cost Rs. 1,500 – roughly the equivalent of $35. That’s an incredibly cheap price when measured against the cost of the only other widely available tablet PC on the market, Apple’s iPad, which will run a consumer nearly $500 for its lowest-end model. Compared to the price of other consumer laptops, which can range from around $300 to more than $2,500, the device could change the face of technology in the developing world.
Perhaps most importantly, a $35 computing device could be an enormous boon to nonprofits dedicated to providing computers for schoolchildren in impoverished countries who often lack access to bathroom facilities, electricity and running water – let alone access to the internet or word processing.
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