Today Kapil Sibal, human resource minister of India unveiled the prototype of a $35 laptop which is going to be launched next year. Actually it's a tablet innovated by Indian techies with the help of government authorities. This tablet is specifically designed for students who can't spend money in buying laptops and notebooks currently available. But having a laptop or PC might improve their studies.

The device was designed like iPad loaded by open source OS and applications. According to media sources, Government actually planned to furnish the cost to $10 at the time of its early design stage but hardware cost lead to $35. As of now this device is only for the students to help their education. Indian government started this activity to decrease the literacy percentage of the country. It can be operated via 2 Watt power supply and solar power too which will be very useful in energy starved areas of the country.

Until now this is the cheapest tablet in the world. It was powered by 2GB RAM, WiFi, USB port, Web browser and basic applications. It doesn't have a hard disk but you can store the data in the flash memory card as like mobile phones. Ministry spokesperson Mamta Varma said that the cost can be reduced further with the involvement of major players, she declined to reveal the current organization behind this product. Emerging companies can improve their custom business card by involving them self  in this innovative projects. We appreciate the guys who involved in this project, they also helped poor children and made computer available to all people. This product is going to be launched in 2011 at the estimated cost of $35 (Rs 1500 in local INR currency). Hope this will be great success and it will be nice if same type of product reaches rest of the world also.