The Indian HRD ministry revealed  a 35$ tablet  in a press conference held recently.Talking about the device is powered by Linux Operating System  according to Indian Express with 5 to 9″ display(Touch Screen) the cost of the device is around 35$ .What more? Government is thinking about Mass Production of this device which will eventually Drop the price tag from 35$ to a mere 10$ per Tablet(which is by far the lowest Price for any of the Tablet PC’s for any Platform ).

(Image Credits:-IndianExpress)

Here are the Desirable Specifications of the Tablet( Courtesy: Trak.in)

1. Support for video web Conferencing facility
2. Multimedia content viewer for example .pdf, docx, .ods, adp, .doc, .xls, .jpeg, .gif, .png, .bmp, .odt, .zip, AVCHD, AVI, AC3, etc.
3. Searchable Pdf reader
4. Unzip tool for unzipping zip files.
5. Possibility of installing suitable firmware upgradation.
6. Computing capabilities such as Open Office , SciLab , cups (for printing support)
7. Media player capable of playing streamed as well as stored media files.
8. Internet browsing with flash plug-in, JavaScript, pdf plug-in java.
9. Wireless communication for Audio/video I/O.
10. Cloud computing option.
11. Remote device management capability.
12. Multimedia input output interface option (for allowing DTV, IPTv, DTH, streaming etc.)

So it’s only a matter of time and then we’ll be seeing almost all the colleges and universities giving  it a go for all their students .It’s really  a great news for Indian Students.Lets hope that this device gets released  as soon as possible.

Author is a 22 year old Budding Computer Engineer ,Microsoft MVP (Windows Mobile).His interests include singing, composing music and reviewing software apps.He runs a blog at TheMsGuy