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<div>XO's cost is its price. It cannot change unless its redesigned and technology changes.</div>
<div>That may take a while..</div>
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<div>Moreover, you may want to see what the news from Andhra Pradesh is.. that is the state where Tirupati is.. </div>
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<div><strong>TIRUPATI:</strong> The much-touted laptop for the masses said to have been built by students of Vellore Institute of Technology that would cost a mere Rs 500 actually turned out to be only a computing device. Making this clear at the inauguration of the national Mission on Education Programme organized by the Union HRD Ministry here 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 at the event. However, he refused to comment as to why was it being projected as a laptop when it was not. The so-called laptop actually turned out to be a storage device containing megabytes of data info which can be accessed by a user by connecting this device to a laptop. It meant that unlike the internet, this device can display that information that has already been stored. Some delegates at the exhibition claimed that with the help of this device a laptop caosting about $60 can eventually be manufactured. <strong><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff33">But for now at least the $10-laptop turned out to be damp squib.</font></strong> TNN</div>
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<div>Let people know its not as easy to create new technologies and products as it sounds.. There are very few Jobs and Negropontes in the world..<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 6:11 AM, Ron Penny <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ronpenny@kastanet.org" target="_blank">ronpenny@kastanet.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">For those skeptics among us here's what FORBES has reported today:<br><br><a href="http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/04/laptop-cheapest-india-markets-faces-0202_technology.html?partner=alerts" target="_blank">http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/04/laptop-cheapest-india-markets-faces-0202_technology.html?partner=alerts</a><br>
<br><br>All the major UK newspapers also reported VERY POSITIVELY one the same<br>"challenging as well as exciting" news.<br><br>I still wonder what the impact will be on people like me who want to<br>provide the poorest with the education they need, providing the<br>
technology now available in this fast moving 21st century.<br><br>The XO's pricing has to change, DOWNWARDS, rapidly, or be left behind<br>... surely. Or am I wrong?<br><font color="#888888"><br>Ron Penny<br>_______________________________________________<br>
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