To help eliminate digital illiteracy in the country, the Indian government and Datawind, a Canadian company, introduced Wednesday a tablet computer that will available to educators for a reduced price, reports the Associated Press. The device, named Aakash, or “sky” in Hindi, costs about $45, but government subsidies will reduce that to $35 for educators and students. Datawind says it can make about 100,000 units a month. While there are hundreds of thousands of Indians with no electricity, let alone access to computers, Indian officials are hopeful that the new tablets will reduce poverty.
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India Unveils $35 Tablet Computer for Educators
October 6, 2011, 10:45 am
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