With an uncanny timing, Indians have launched the "world's cheapest" tablet on the day when the genius behind personal computing passed away. [RIP #SteveJobs]
Students display Aakash, which means sky, dubbed the world's cheapest tablet computer, after its launching ceremony in New Delhi October 5, 2011. Aakash will be sold to students at the subsidised price of $35 to expand digital access in the Asian giant that lags peers such as China and Brazil in connectivity. Reuters/Parivartan Sharma
For a generation of technology professionals who caught on to the offshoring wave, prompting the (re) definition of Flattening World [apologies Friedman], it is heartening to see the next wave of kids in the East with a device that can further flatten the world.
It is almost prophetic to see tablet computer, that caught the fancy of western world also moving to the bottom of the pyramid.
While the brouhaha over the cheapest tablet dies down, Indians must continue to ponder if they want to continue to be after the “Worlds Cheapest” lable? Remember a similar hype over "The World's Cheapest Car" when Tata launched Nano?
Blogs on the cheapest tablet
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For a generation of technology professionals who caught on to the offshoring wave, prompting the (re) definition of Flattening World [apologies Friedman], it is heartening to see the next wave of kids in the East with a device that can further flatten the world.
It is almost prophetic to see tablet computer, that caught the fancy of western world also moving to the bottom of the pyramid.
While the brouhaha over the cheapest tablet dies down, Indians must continue to ponder if they want to continue to be after the “Worlds Cheapest” lable? Remember a similar hype over "The World's Cheapest Car" when Tata launched Nano?
Blogs on the cheapest tablet
- India Announces World’s Cheapest Tablet - WSJ Blog
- India's new $35 Aakash tablet computer designed in Canada - Yahoo! News
- A tablet computer for the price of an iPad case - FT.com
- Is The $35 "Indian" Tablet Actually Chinese? onlygizmos.com
- A $35 Android tablet becomes reality - ZDNet
- Aiming for the Other One Billion - NYT
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