Students will now be able to buy a computer at an unbelievable price of approximately Rs. 1,600. Even regular sized calculators cost much more than that. The low cost tablets will be distributed in institutions by the Indian HRD ministry. The final price will depend on the transportation cost.
Here are the minimum functionalities that could be made available
• Support for video web Conferencing facility
• Multimedia content viewer for example .pdf, docx, .ods, adp, .doc, .xls, .jpeg, .gif, .png, .bmp, .odt, .zip, AVCHD, AVI, AC3, etc.
• Searchable Pdf reader
• Unzip tool for unzipping zip files.
• Possibility of installing suitable firmware upgradation.
• Computing capabilities such as Open Office , SciLab , cups (for printing support)
• Media player capable of playing streamed as well as stored media files.
• Internet browsing with flash plug-in, JavaScript, pdf plug-in java.
• Wireless communication for Audio/video I/O.
• Cloud computing option.
• Remote device management capability.
• Multimedia input output interface option (for allowing DTV, IPTv, DTH, streaming etc.)
According to the paper the concept device was started by the ministry last year after it had spoken to a range of professors, experts at IISC, and institutions such as IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras and IIT Bombay.
Sources from Internet News
