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On Monday 09 February 2009 21:25, Martinus Scriblerus wrote: > 2009/2/9 Paul Sutton <zleap@xxxxxxxxx>: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Yay > > > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1134609/India-set-launch-w > >orlds-cheapest-laptop--7.html > > Don't believe everything (or anything) you read in the Mail. > > http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/the-1637-lapt >op-that-wasnt-1547674.html > > "Officials were adamant. The 10in by 5in hand-held device had been > touted as a solution to helping hundreds of thousands of students > across India to access the internet. "Once the testing is over, the > computers will be made available on a commercial basis," proclaimed > the Indian government's Higher Education Secretary, R P Agrawal. "The > target is to make it available in six months' time." > > In the end it was no such thing. The device unveiled this week was > merely a specialised digital storage unit. It would be able to store > specially produced educational materials which could then be > downloaded and printed from a regular computer." However if you think about it its not that ridiculous: 2G USB mem - price of packaging just about decent processor (200Meg PIII equiv [see vector linux mailings] - similar touch sensitive keyboard ditto screen - monochrome 7" -£2 battery - probably most expensive part or maybe the case so <£20 probably achievable but political ramifications would mean deaths etc Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html