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Thursday, June 9, 2011

low-cost laptops to be launched after 6 years :India

Six years after it had been expected, the first installment of 10,000 laptops - HRD Ministry asks for her convenience in an access device-cum-computer - should be submitted to IIT, Rajasthan at the end of June, and over the next four months , 90 000 more would be available at Rs 2,200 each.

This notification is made Wednesday at the Conference of Education Ministers of State. Ministry officials said that once the supply of equipment lakh is made, every state should be given to 3000 pieces. Central support 50% of the cost. In practice, the student would have to pay R 1100 and the gadget. Officials said the laptop lakh production are made in India.

What is the cost increase compared to the previously agreed price of Rs 1500, officials say, is that the higher cost of production. "But once again, orders, prices should be renegotiated and brought down the RS 1, 500,; the official said. IIT Rajasthan is a nodal institute conceived and monitoring progress in the production of these gadgets.

Delay to participate in the computer, the officials explained, was because the first company that won the contract for the manufacture of parts were purchased over a lakh. ;We now have sufficient guarantees with a new producer,; the official said. device available is a seven-inch touch screen, two USB ports, the battery lasts three hours, an external hard drive or solid state memory support up to 32 GB.

This device will have Word, Excel, Power Point, PDF, Open Office, an Internet browser with JavaScript support, zip / unzip body, streaming video, Flash Video, and many other programs. It can operate in extreme conditions, the officials said, adding that the IIT Rajasthan is taking samples for further testing.

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