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==Pricing==
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The Sakshat has had various reports about it's intended sales price, and has been said to be the world's cheapest computer. ''[[The Guardian]]'' reported would be sold in India for 500 rupees (£7.25) ($10 U.S.). <ref name="price">[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/02/india-computer-cheapest India to unveil the £7 laptop], ''[[The Guardian]]'', Febryary 2, 2009</ref> However, the [[BBC]] claimed that the above quoted price was a mistranslation, and the true price is actually said to be 5,000 rupee (£72.59) ($100 U.S.). {{Fact|date=April 2009}}
The Sakshat has had various reports about it's intended sales price, and has been said to be the world's cheapest computer. ''[[The Guardian]]'' reported it would be sold in India for 500 rupees (£7.25) ($10 U.S.). <ref name="price">[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/02/india-computer-cheapest India to unveil the £7 laptop], ''[[The Guardian]]'', Febryary 2, 2009</ref> However, the [[BBC]] claimed that the above quoted price was a mistranslation, and the true price is actually said to be 5,000 rupee (£72.59) ($100 U.S.). {{Fact|date=April 2009}}


In the last week of July 2010 it was reported that India's [[Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)|Human Resource Development Minister]] [[Kapil Sibal]] had announced that the unit is planned to be sold at $35<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10740817 India unveils prototype for $35 touch-screen computer] BBC World news-South Asia Retrieved 25 July 2010</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author= |title= Why India's $35 computer joke isn't funny |url= http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Hardware/articleshow/6214029.cms |work= [[The Economic Times]] |location= New Dehli|date= 25 July 2010 |accessdate= 25 July 2010}}</ref> and eventually for $10.<ref>[http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=63417 PIB Press Release] PIB Retrieved 26 July 2010</ref>
In the last week of July 2010 it was reported that India's [[Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)|Human Resource Development Minister]] [[Kapil Sibal]] had announced that the unit is planned to be sold at $35<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10740817 India unveils prototype for $35 touch-screen computer] BBC World news-South Asia Retrieved 25 July 2010</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author= |title= Why India's $35 computer joke isn't funny |url= http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Hardware/articleshow/6214029.cms |work= [[The Economic Times]] |location= New Dehli|date= 25 July 2010 |accessdate= 25 July 2010}}</ref> and eventually for $10.<ref>[http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=63417 PIB Press Release] PIB Retrieved 26 July 2010</ref>

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The Sakshat (साक्षात) is a tablet computing device designed in India as a low cost device in order to attempt to bridge the digital divide. It has been announced with a price target of 1500 rupees or $35 U.S. though no manufacturer has been chosen. The name means "before your eyes".

Pricing

The Sakshat has had various reports about it's intended sales price, and has been said to be the world's cheapest computer. The Guardian reported it would be sold in India for 500 rupees (£7.25) ($10 U.S.). [1] However, the BBC claimed that the above quoted price was a mistranslation, and the true price is actually said to be 5,000 rupee (£72.59) ($100 U.S.). [citation needed]

In the last week of July 2010 it was reported that India's Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal had announced that the unit is planned to be sold at $35[2][3] and eventually for $10.[4]

Design and purpose

While it was once projected as a laptop computer, it is not a laptop but a tablet computing device. Making this clear at the inauguration of the national Mission on Education Programme organized by the Union HRD Ministry on Tuesday, joint secretary N. K. Sinha said the computing device is 10 inches long and 5 inches wide and has been priced at around $30. However, he refused to comment as to why was it being projected as a laptop when it was not. [5]

The computing device is supposed to be unveiled as part of the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology that wants to link 25,000 colleges and 400 universities on the subcontinent in an e-learning program via an existing Sakshat portal. [6]

Configuration

Configuration of the device has been announced as:

[7][8]

  • Wi-Fi enabled
  • Fixed Ethernet capability
  • Linux operating system[9]
  • 2 Watts of power consumption while solar charging and convention battery[10]

Release

It'll be available to public in early 2011.[11]

References

  1. ^ India to unveil the £7 laptop, The Guardian, Febryary 2, 2009
  2. ^ India unveils prototype for $35 touch-screen computer BBC World news-South Asia Retrieved 25 July 2010
  3. ^ "Why India's $35 computer joke isn't funny". The Economic Times. New Dehli. 25 July 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  4. ^ PIB Press Release PIB Retrieved 26 July 2010
  5. ^ $10-laptop proves to be a damp squib, The Times of India, February 4, 2009
  6. ^ India unveils prototype for $35 touch-screen computer BBC World news-South Asia Retrieved 25 July 2010
  7. ^ India unveils prototype for $35 touch-screen computer BBC World news-South Asia Retrieved 25 July 2010
  8. ^ Guardin-India untiels cheapest laptop Retrieved 25 July 2010
  9. ^ India unveils prototype for $35 touch-screen computer BBC World news-South Asia Retrieved 25 July 2010
  10. ^ Guardin-India untiels cheapest laptop Retrieved 25 July 2010
  11. ^ Guardin-India untiels cheapest laptop Retrieved 25 July 2010
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