India develops 35-dollar 'laptop' for schools
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From: Don McKenzie on 26 Jul 2010 04:39 On 26/07/2010 4:22 PM, z1 wrote: > You really shouldn't believe everything you see on the internet. > http://www.pcworld.com/article/201840/Why_the_35_Tablet_Will_Never_Exist.html?tk=rss_news You really shouldn't believe everything you see on the internet. (I think I heard an echo :-) ) Cheers Don... -- Don McKenzie Site Map: http://www.dontronics.com/sitemap E-Mail Contact Page: http://www.dontronics.com/email Web Camera Page: http://www.dontronics.com/webcam No More Damn Spam: http://www.dontronics.com/spam These products will reduce in price by 5% every month: http://www.dontronics-shop.com/minus-5-every-month.html
From: will s on 26 Jul 2010 19:46 "Dr Sir John Howard, AC, WSCMoF" <""Trollene.has.had.more.kook.outs.than.ive.had.hot.dinners\"@kangarooistan.com.au .."> wrote in message news:4c4d0648$0$11121$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... > will s wrote: >> >> "Tom" <tom(a)no.spam.invalid> wrote in message >> news:i2iok5$t95$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >>> On 26/07/2010 8:53 AM, Trevor Wilson wrote: >>>> "Rob"<mesamine(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >>>> news:4c4ca61c$1(a)dnews.tpgi.com.au... >>>>> On 26/07/2010 6:32 AM, Don McKenzie wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> July 23, 2010 >>>>>> >>>>>> India develops 35-dollar 'laptop' for schools >>>>>> >>>>>> India has come up with a 35-dollar touch-screen "laptop" -- a >>>>>> computing >>>>>> prototype that it aims to make available to students from elementary >>>>>> schools to universities. >>>>>> >>>>>> The gadget, developed by the elite Indian Institute of Technology and >>>>>> the Indian Institute of Science, is part of a push to give students a >>>>>> better education and technical skills needed to boost India's >>>>>> economic >>>>>> growth. >>>>>> >>>>>> The first users are expected to be university students with >>>>>> introduction >>>>>> of the Linux-based computing device targeted for next year. >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.physorg.com/news199083092.html >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers Don... >>>>> >>>>> Wait till it goes on sale at retailers - I would say that's only 10% >>>>> of >>>>> the retail price. >>>> >>>> **I doubt that. Whilst it may not end being 35 Bucks, it may not be far >>>> off. >>>> The total cost of components is $35.00, which would typically translate >>>> to >>>> an RRP of around $140.00 here in Australia. In India things probably >>>> work >>>> differently. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> The government could contract their mates to distribute the laptops to >>> schools, they would get laptops at $35 and sell them to schools at $700 >>> a >>> piece - that would happent if Australian Labor was in charge in India. >>> >>> Tom >> >> and if the liberals were in charge they would bury the laptop and get the >> big >> businesses to sell their laptops them to the Schools for over $2000 > > Ah, another stooge with a typical labour edukashon. So what does "sell > their laptops them to" mean, retard? what hole did you crawl out of whatever it was, please go crawl back into
From: Rob on 26 Jul 2010 20:52 On 26/07/2010 6:39 PM, Don McKenzie wrote: > On 26/07/2010 4:22 PM, z1 wrote: > >> You really shouldn't believe everything you see on the internet. >> http://www.pcworld.com/article/201840/Why_the_35_Tablet_Will_Never_Exist.html?tk=rss_news >> > > You really shouldn't believe everything you see on the internet. > (I think I heard an echo :-) ) > > Cheers Don... > > > > NET Not Everything is True.
From: Clocky on 31 Jul 2010 09:51 Dr Sir John Howard, AC, WSCMoF" <""Trollene.has.had.more.kook.outs.than.ive.had.hot.dinners\"@kangarooistan.com.au .. wrote: > will s wrote: >> >> "Tom" <tom(a)no.spam.invalid> wrote in message >> news:i2iok5$t95$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >>> On 26/07/2010 8:53 AM, Trevor Wilson wrote: >>>> "Rob"<mesamine(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >>>> news:4c4ca61c$1(a)dnews.tpgi.com.au... >>>>> On 26/07/2010 6:32 AM, Don McKenzie wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> July 23, 2010 >>>>>> >>>>>> India develops 35-dollar 'laptop' for schools >>>>>> >>>>>> India has come up with a 35-dollar touch-screen "laptop" -- a >>>>>> computing prototype that it aims to make available to students >>>>>> from elementary schools to universities. >>>>>> >>>>>> The gadget, developed by the elite Indian Institute of >>>>>> Technology and the Indian Institute of Science, is part of a >>>>>> push to give students a better education and technical skills >>>>>> needed to boost India's economic growth. >>>>>> >>>>>> The first users are expected to be university students with >>>>>> introduction of the Linux-based computing device targeted for >>>>>> next year. http://www.physorg.com/news199083092.html >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers Don... >>>>> >>>>> Wait till it goes on sale at retailers - I would say that's only >>>>> 10% of the retail price. >>>> >>>> **I doubt that. Whilst it may not end being 35 Bucks, it may not >>>> be far off. The total cost of components is $35.00, which would >>>> typically translate to an RRP of around $140.00 here in Australia. >>>> In India things probably work differently. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> The government could contract their mates to distribute the laptops >>> to schools, they would get laptops at $35 and sell them to schools >>> at $700 a piece - that would happent if Australian Labor was in >>> charge in India. Tom >> >> and if the liberals were in charge they would bury the laptop and >> get the big businesses to sell their laptops them to the Schools for >> over $2000 > > Ah, another stooge with a typical labour edukashon. So what does > "sell their laptops them to" mean, retard? That's rich coming from a Liberal party stooge.
From: Clocky on 4 Aug 2010 21:49 z1 wrote: > On 26/07/2010 6:32 AM, Don McKenzie wrote: >> >> July 23, 2010 >> >> India develops 35-dollar 'laptop' for schools >> >> India has come up with a 35-dollar touch-screen "laptop" -- a >> computing prototype that it aims to make available to students from >> elementary schools to universities. >> >> The gadget, developed by the elite Indian Institute of Technology and >> the Indian Institute of Science, is part of a push to give students a >> better education and technical skills needed to boost India's >> economic growth. >> >> The first users are expected to be university students with >> introduction of the Linux-based computing device targeted for next >> year. http://www.physorg.com/news199083092.html >> >> >> Cheers Don... >> >> >> > > You really shouldn't believe everything you see on the internet. > > > http://www.pcworld.com/article/201840/Why_the_35_Tablet_Will_Never_Exist.html?tk=rss_news Never say never...
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