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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

After India Bangladesh Announces National Laptop Line

Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina launched Doel, the country first indegeneously built laptop.

The state-owned telecommunication company Telephone Shilpa Sangstha (TSS) is producing four models of the laptop. The most basic one is priced at 10,000 taka ($130) & runs the android operating system.

It seems after the Indian venture into Akash and China's foray into indigenous chips, now more of South East Asia wants to be technically independent. Probably this is the beauty of open source software and open hardware :)

Configuration details: (source- http://dotnews.dyngen.org/technology/bangladesh-doel-laptop-12000-taka-bangladeshi-brand-laptop.html)

Model 2102
10.0″ LCD Panel
(1024*600)
VIA 8650 800MHz
512 MB RAM
Integrated 0.3 MP
Webcam
WiFi 802.11b/g
2 USB 2.0
SD Slot for Max 32 GB
Google Android
Integrated
Price- 10000/=

Model 0703
10.1″ (1024*600)
WXGA LED Backlit
Intel® ATOM
Processor N455
1.66GHz
1GB DDR3
Samsung SATA 250 GB
HDD
Integrated 1.3 MP
Webcam
802.11 bg/n
3 USB 2.0
Linux Based OS
Price- 12000/=

Model 2603
13.3″ (1360*768)
WXGA LED Backlit
Intel® ATOM
Processor D525
1.8GHz
2GB DDR3
Samsung SATA 320GB
HDD
Integrated 1.3 MP
Webcam
802.11 bg/n
3 USB 2.0
Linux Based OS
Price- 21000/=

Model 1612
14.0″ (1920*1020)
LED Backlit
Intel® Celeron Dual
Core T3500 2.1 GHz
2GB DDR3
Samsung SATA 320GB
HDD
DVD Writer
( Samsung )
Integrated 1.3 MP
Webcam
802.11 bg/n
4 USB 2.0
Linux Based OS
Price- 25000/=

Additionally you can also see BBC's coverage on it http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-15261076

Techcrunch also ran a piece on it: http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/11/bangladesh-announces-national-laptop-line-starting-at-130/

Monday, October 10, 2011

Exclusive: Aakash-- the tablet by MHRD

By now you must have seen on Tv about the Aakash tablet this weekend. In case you missed out check out the videos:

But the excitement doesn't end there :) Its been 2 weeks since students from government colleges all over the country were invited by the MHRD to IIT Rajasthan to review the product and we have it there in solid form. Check out some pics.

Also coming up soon is a review by one of the users who used it hands on!! So stay glued to this place

Till then, Ciao

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

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.
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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.