India unveils prototype of $35 tablet computer

[monkat]

The Chinese knockoffs have gotten decent enough reviews and they go from $100-$200.

Personally though if I was a student I'd rather have a netbook or other type of laptop. Tablets are cool and nice devices but a netbook is better suited for the needs of a student, in my opinion.

It depends on what you're studying, really.

Yeah, if you're wasting money on an art degree, tablets are great.

Anything else (requiring precise typing and spelling), not so much.

 

[Canonbeat234]

Hmmm If it can play flash and wifi its a steal!

 

[Vulpes Abnocto]

I wonder if it's designed to work with that OS that India is developing.

 

[Splych]

huh why not?
if it's only $35, i might as well get it even if it is limited to certain things. wordprocessing and surfing the web. that's enough to satisfy me since it'll cover typing work, doing research and going on GBAtemp

it's touchscreen to, so another plus. if it's got speakers and expandable memory, then there goes my media player

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[VashTS]

i seen this a while ago

 

[Scott-105]

For $35, it can't be too great..

 

[Kwartel]

If it could handle photoshop, I would definitely buy it...

Photoshop and gimp prolly not, paint tool sai maybe.

Besides that, it's linux based so no go for photoshop

 

[Fat D]

The Chinese knockoffs have gotten decent enough reviews and they go from $100-$200.

Personally though if I was a student I'd rather have a netbook or other type of laptop. Tablets are cool and nice devices but a netbook is better suited for the needs of a student, in my opinion.

Tablet is really useful for jotting down math formulas. Single-line input really becomes a pain when trying to write down more complex problems, and I speak from experience there.

 

[FlameTakuya]

If it could handle photoshop, I would definitely buy it...

Photoshop and gimp prolly not, paint tool sai maybe.

That's even better.

 

[ProtoKun7]

Wow, that's pretty nice, considering.

I'd get one. Probably.

 

[DeadLocked]

May have to get one. Although, hopefully this sets a benchmark for future companies to beat. At that price you can't really go wrong. Amazing :|

 

[metamaster]

35$? Something, or alot of things must have been removed, like the A4 chip, which means that it will be really slow and won't support any demanding games and I'm almost sure that the touch screen is different, and may not be responsive. For all we know, it might not even have wi-fi, but an ethernet port.

 

[The Pi]

35$? Something, or alot of things must have been removed, like the A4 chip, which means that it will be really slow and won't support any demanding games and I'm almost sure that the touch screen is different, and may not be responsive. For all we know, it might not even have wi-fi, but an ethernet port.

It's for basic computing not gaming.

For $35 it's great, even if the touch screen isn't perfect.

 

[wyndcrosser]

.... another ipad knockoff that won't run well and its touch screen is awful (i know i saw one). Look at deal extreme with their crappy merchandise just like that thing. If you only have 35$ go for it. But if you want a real computer buy a tablet, or if you're an ipod appl guru like me pick up the ipad.

oh... yea jailbreak that thing.

Wynd

 

[_Chaz_]

If it can do what they claim at a decent speed and can run FireFox, I'm game.

This could be an amazing innovation in the world of personal computers.

 

[zuron7]

I read about this in the newspaper in the morning.
It's actually wuite decent and has the exact looks oof an iPad(without the shininess)
I like the fact that it runs on solar power and has 2 GB of RAM.

 

[Deleted_171835]

I read about this in the newspaper in the morning.
It's actually wuite decent and has the exact looks oof an iPad(without the shininess)
I like the fact that it runs on solar power and has 2 GB of RAM.

Solar Power?
Not good. We don't get a ton of sun here in Canada. This is for India, though so I doubt it really matters. 2 gigs is rather shocking.

2GB of RAM cost around $40. How are they able to put that in a $35 tablet?

 

[chA1nBull3t]

.... another ipad knockoff that won't run well and its touch screen is awful (i know i saw one). Look at deal extreme with their crappy merchandise just like that thing. If you only have 35$ go for it. But if you want a real computer buy a tablet, or if you're an ipod appl guru like me pick up the ipad.

oh... yea jailbreak that thing.

Wynd

Well... it IS only $35. It's geared towards students or the needy. Of course, if you have money, someone will probably go out to buy a higher quality item such as an iPad; but for $35 dollars, one can't complain lol. Also, how do you know it won't run well? India makes some pretty tight IT stuff

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[Feels Good Man]

I'd buy it for school if it was any decent. I already have a good computer but it's too heavy to drag around everyday.

 

[Zerousen]

Hmmm If it can play flash and wifi its a steal!

Yes, it can do both, and more