http://www.popfi.com/2010/07/23/india-unveils-35-laptop/ Interesting and offbeat content daily Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:08:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.popfi.com/2010/07/23/india-unveils-35-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-14625 India’s $25 Tablet PC » Popular Fidelity » Unusual Stuff Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:04:04 +0000 http://www.popfi.com/?p=7029#comment-14625 [...] When it comes to technology, there are two problems.  The first one is building the infrastructure to use it:  in the case of India, only half of the country’s 25,000 colleges are connected to the Internet, but they’re working on that.  The other problem is adoption:  if people have no money, how can they possibly use the Internet?  Computers are expensive!  Well, the Indian government is working on that, too.  The Indian government has designed and produced a $25 touchscreen tablet computer dubbed the Aakash, which is Hindi for wind.  Not only is it finally here, it’s cheaper than expected! [...] [...] When it comes to technology, there are two problems.  The first one is building the infrastructure to use it:  in the case of India, only half of the country’s 25,000 colleges are connected to the Internet, but they’re working on that.  The other problem is adoption:  if people have no money, how can they possibly use the Internet?  Computers are expensive!  Well, the Indian government is working on that, too.  The Indian government has designed and produced a $25 touchscreen tablet computer dubbed the Aakash, which is Hindi for wind.  Not only is it finally here, it’s cheaper than expected! [...]

]]> http://www.popfi.com/2010/07/23/india-unveils-35-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-14624 India’s $35 Tablet PC » Popular Fidelity » Unusual Stuff Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:02:01 +0000 http://www.popfi.com/?p=7029#comment-14624 [...] When it comes to technology, there are two problems.  The first one is building the infrastructure to use it:  in the case of India, only half of the country’s 25,000 colleges are connected to the Internet, but they’re working on that.  The other problem is adoption:  if people have no money, how can they possibly use the Internet?  Computers are expensive!  Well, the Indian government is working on that, too.  The Indian government has designed and produced a $25 touchscreen tablet computer dubbed the Aakash, which is Hindi for wind.  Not only is it finally here, it’s cheaper than expected! [...] [...] When it comes to technology, there are two problems.  The first one is building the infrastructure to use it:  in the case of India, only half of the country’s 25,000 colleges are connected to the Internet, but they’re working on that.  The other problem is adoption:  if people have no money, how can they possibly use the Internet?  Computers are expensive!  Well, the Indian government is working on that, too.  The Indian government has designed and produced a $25 touchscreen tablet computer dubbed the Aakash, which is Hindi for wind.  Not only is it finally here, it’s cheaper than expected! [...]

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