Mythical Sakshat Tablet Back In News

Sakshat tablet, also referred to as "The Indian Wonder Tablet" which was supposed  to be launched on June 2011, to initial testing by shipping it to IIT students,disappeared, along with Kapil Sibal, HRD Minister, possibly succumbing to Anna Hazare's protests.
Now, both of them have reappeared.
At a function in Delhi, Sibal said: "The computer will be launched next month…This is not just a dream, it is a reality," he added. Officials announced that the device will be launched on October 5, 2011. However, Sibal has not spoken about the device's specifications.










The device's prototype is likely to be a 5/7/9 inch touchscreen gadget, featuring a webb browser, PDF reader, video conferencing, open office, sci-lab, media player, remote device management capability, multimedia input-output interface option, and a content viewer.

Sibal also mentioned how "corruption…in the recent past will be dealt with through initiative of IT…"… the device.
Though it sounded promising when it was first announced, a lot of controversies still surround the launch inclding the price,quality and the availability issues...

Here are some older news clips from NDTV for the laptop

This is Sibal's interview and below is a very rough tech specs in NDTV gadget guru. To speak the truth these press releases took away all credibility.

The project also has a lot of negative press initially as well. Even OLPC, the One Laptop Per Child project, dismissed it.
http://www.bgr.in/2011/10/04/olpc-india-head-disappointed-with-govts-35-tablet/

http://blog.laptop.org/2010/07/29/welcoming-indias-tablet/

http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/10_laptop_flops_India_orders_25_lakh_OLPC_laptops_-nid-56068-cid-2.html

http://www.olpcnews.com/countries/india/india_olpc_laptop_10.html

http://www.olpcnews.com/countries/india/mhrd_india_should_stop_attacki.html

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2009/04/india-embraces-olpc-buys-250000-xo-laptops.ars