[Assam] WoW--the $ 10 Desi Laptop is Here!!!

Fri Feb 6 07:06:41 PST 2009

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At 5:29 PM +0530 2/6/09, Choudhary, H. N. - AMW - MUM wrote:
>Dear Amlan,
>
>Go to the net. Pick up the mail sender and drag 
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>It will go to your junk mail section which you need not see
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>Col H N Choudhary
>Mumbai
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>Amlan Bora
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>Subject: Re: [Assam] WoW--the $ 10 Desi Laptop is Here!!!
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>can someone tell me how on earth i can take my 
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>--- On Fri, 2/6/09, Alpana B. Sarangapani <absarangapani at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>From: Alpana B. Sarangapani <absarangapani at hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [Assam] WoW--the $ 10 Desi Laptop is Here!!!
>To: assam at assamnet.org
>Date: Friday, February 6, 2009, 7:00 AM
>
>Hi again, C'da:
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>So it's going to be an electronic reading device like Amazon's Kindle?
>That's not bad either, and just for Rs. 500 instead of $330 or more - the
>cost of a Kindle, it would be great. And if it indeed is a device like the
>Kindle, it would not need a computer or a cable. If it serves another purpose,
>like providing eJournals or ebooks, and not a complete lap-top, so what, and
>that too for Rs. 500?
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>In case, you were serious in asking about UGC and MHRD, don't they stand
>for University Grant Commission and Ministry of 
>Human Resources Development that
>exist for educational development? I see a good 
>connection of producing a device
>that they "ended up with" with these two agencies and did not see them
>doing anything "shameful" as the article suggested.
>
>>desi-ingenuity has finally arrived on > the scene, bearing $ 10.00
>laptops for the > deprived of the world. A mini tech-revolution > flashed
>across my mind-screen.
>
>So do not give your hopes up yet!
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>:)
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>  > Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 08:56:32 -0600> To: assam at assamnet.org> From:
>cmahanta at charter.net> Subject: Re: [Assam] WoW--the $ 10 Desi Laptop is
>Here!!!> > Hi A:> > > > At 6:05 PM -0600 2/4/09, Alpana B.
>Sarangapani wrote:> >Good you found out about that, C'da.> >>
>>Have you already spent the money buying Zantac > >to reduce the
>heartburn? If you have the reciept > >and haven't opened the package
>yet, you can > >return it, you know! > >> >Oh wait, may be you
>can save them to use for > >many more other things that India might come
>up > >with.> >> >:) :) :)> >> > > > ***
>Actually I OD'd on antacids when mm wrote > about the imminent arrival of
>the @ 10.00 > desi-laptop.> That gave me a lot of heartburn. But after the
>>  heavy dose of antacids settled my stomach, I > thought about it a bit
>more. For a fleeting > moment I thought that hey--this is good! Maybe, >
>just maybe, desi-ingenuity has finally arrived on > the scene, bearing $
>10.00 laptops for the > deprived of the world. A mini tech-revolution >
>flashed across my mind-screen.> > But I should have known better.> >
>*** Tell us though, do you think ToI was catering > to the despicable wishes
>that lurk the shadowy > crevices of anti-Indians' black hearts, by >
>characterizing it "---turned out to be a joke--", > belittling
>genuine efforts of IT geniuses from > the hallowed halls of institutions like
>" Vellore > Institute of Technology, scientists in Indian > Institute
>of Science, Bangalore, IIT-Madras, UGC > and MHRD -" ? ( I don't
>know anything about these > named institutions, except for IISc. and IIT-M.
>>  But I am sure they are all a cut above ).> > I mean,has ToI descended
>to the depths of > negativism by splitting semantic hair over a ' >
>firangi' ( foreign) language here? If the > currently-$
>20.00-but-soon-to-be-$ 10.00 > invention is a COMPUTING device, it IS a >
>COMPUTER, isn't it?> > Why do they have to say things like
>"---MHRD > should first think about the feasibility of such >
>projects before they are launched. The entire > world was watching. This act
>of MHRD has shamed > the nation,'' .> > > *** BTW, what does
>MHRD stand for? Tell me it is > not Most Humiliating Research and
>Development, is > it ?> > > c-da :-)> > > > > >
>>  > > > > > >> >> > > Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009
>15:22:38 -0600> To: > >assam at assamnet.org> From:
>cmahanta at charter.net> > >Subject: [Assam] WoW--the $ 10 Desi Laptop is
>>  >Here!!!> > >
>>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Govts_much-awaited_10_laptop_turns_out_be_a_joke/articleshow/4078115.cms>
>>  > > > >Govt's much-awaited $10 laptop turns out be a >
>>joke> 5 Feb 2009, 0054 hrs IST, Neelima Rao, > >TNN> > >
>TIRUPATI: The hype surrounding the $10 > >laptop ``prototype''
>with two > GB RAM turned > >out to be a joke when the department of
>Human > >Resources > Development announced - during its >
>>inauguration in the temple town of > Tirupati - > >that it
>wasn't a laptop at all but a computing > >device.> > While the
>world eagerly waited for > >the launch of the $10 laptop - > designed
>by > >students of Vellore Institute of Technology, > >scientists
>>  in Indian Institute of Science, > >Bangalore, IIT-Madras, UGC and
>MHRD - > it > >wasn't a patch on the $100 laptop made by >
>>MIT.> > The MHRD officials said the price was > >working out to
>be $20 but with > mass production > >it was bound to come down to $10
>(Rs 500) and > >thus > become affordable for every student in >
>>India.> > But netizens were disappointed when > >the
>``laptop'' turned out to be > nothing more > >than a computing
>device along with a hard disk > >with > e-books, e-journals and
>relevant > >educative material through the > >
>>state-art-of-the-art ``Sakshat'' portal.> > 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.> > Joint Secretary, MHRD,
>N K Sinha said > >that the device still needs to > be fine tuned. >
>>But he had no answer to the million dollar > >question: > where was
>the $10 laptop?> > The > >talk of the ``invention'' had
>raised > >expectations of bridging the > technological > >divide
>between rural and urban India. Talking to > >TOI, a > Professor from
>Sri Venkateswara > >University said (on the condition of > >
>>anonymity), ``How can just a computing device > >bridge the digital
>>  divide and make access to > >computer literacy affordable to the
>masses? > > >Where will poor students get computers to jack >
>>this gizmo with? Will > MHRD provide computers > >and internet
>connectivity in rural and remote > > >areas? There is no clarity among
>the officials > >themselves,'' he said.> > A research
>scholar > >from Mahila University said, ``How many > >students >
>in Tirupati have access to computers? > >Then, MHRD hasn't given
>details > of the size of > >the screen, storage, processor, etc. MHRD
>should > >first > think about the feasibility of such > >projects
>before they are > launched. The entire > >world was watching. This act
>of MHRD has > >shamed > the nation,'' she said.> > >
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