India’s $10 Laptop

What you get for Rs.500 are the following: 2GB of storage memory, WiFi connectivity, Ethernet port(s) and USB connectivity.

The "Sakshat" measures 10"x5" and will be priced at $10 even though the manufacturing costs had reached almost $30. But then, thanks to a considerable cost cutting endeavor, the cost was finally bought down to $10. As the device appeared smaller than the normal laptop with 10-inch length and five-inch width, buzz got around that it was a ``Nano-top'' and not a laptop. But MHRD official brought the curtains down on all the hungama, saying it was just a computing device with 2GB memory.

Proving that if something sounds too good to be true that it probably is, India’s so-called $20 laptop is not really a laptop at all. Called the Sakshat (which means “before your eyes”), the device was revealed on the third to a lot of fanfare worldwide on the 3rd, along with some well-deserved skepticism.

The laptop, jointly developed by several organisations, such as the University Grants Commission, the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, will be priced at around $10 to $20 (about Rs 500 to Rs 1,000), officials said.

A new headache for the likes of Apple and Dell, India's plans to build a $10 laptop may not be as far-fetched as they seem. If the $2,000 Nano from Tata Motors raised the hackles of European and U.S. car makers, the latest plans from India to build a laptop computer costing just $10 should have the likes of Apple and Dell weeping.

Nothing is impossible, might be sooner someone come up with a new idea.

I think that India is off to a great start, as we know that in no time India is going to become a developed country sooner or later! Remember one thing: impossible is nothing! Finally Indians Proved they are the IT Giants, and sooner going to show this on the larger scale.

When Ratan Tata come up with the idea of building Nano for a mare price of Rs one Lacs all laughed on him, but he proved what Indians are capable of. And soon booking for the long waited Nano going to start this month. This is just a start, introducing a laptop in $10 is itself a great deal. May be its not that best as Dell or Apple's high tech laptops, but it provides some good and beneficial features. And may be sooner its going to get some other features as well.

So, Indians are on role here. Already this is a headache blunder for the laptop makers in the time of recession.