---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Joyojeet Pal <joyojeet@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 16:11 Subject: Re: [change] [SPAM] $35 touchscreen tablet launched in India To: Yaw Anokwa <yanokwa@gmail.com> i have a paper forthcoming in an edited book on development in India, a raw version of which is here, in which i specifically address the issue of why india has seen ICTs as key to Development. Not sure if it would be of interest to Change, but just in case... http://joyojeet.people.si.umich.edu/IndiaAspire.pdf On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 7:03 PM, Yaw Anokwa <yanokwa@gmail.com> wrote:
the hype around this tablet is terrible.
i think it's great to have cheaper technology, but android tablets, even cheap $35 android tablets, will not lift villagers out of poverty. i wish it were that easy...
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 15:49, Rahul Banerjee <banerjee@cs.washington.edu> wrote:
Sorry for the spam, but I couldn't resist sharing such wonderful news: http://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/India-announces-35-tablet-computer...
(Actually, the government is subsidising its price (which would be closer to $50), but it's still pretty amazing that something like this exists at all)
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