India’s USD 10 laptop is not a laptop after all
Indian government shocked the tech market when they announced their plans to launch a USD 10 laptop.
This device was to be named Sakshat.
Reports claimed that the laptop would cost USD 20 to manufacture but it would be offered at a subsidized price.
The [...]
Asus Eee PC S101 added to existing lineup
Taiwan’s Asustek Computer has added yet another model to their EEE range of cheap computing solutions.
The latest model is Asus Eee PC S101. It would be sold in the market at prices starting at 699 US dollars.
Customers would be able to order it with either Linux or [...]
Intel to supply 500,000 Classmate PCs to Portugal
Intel has announced that they have received a major order for their Classmate PCs from the Portugal government.
The microprocessor company would be supplying as many as 500,000 computers based on the Classmate PC design.
With this, the US based company has almost matched the orders received by the OLPC [...]
Gartner: USD 100 laptops years away
OLPC started their USD 100 project some years ago. They are yet to touch this target.
And research firm Gartner has now said that it would still take a couple of years before companies can actually come out with USD 100 laptops.
Gartner researcher Annette Jump quoted in the report: “The [...]
Asus Eee PC to come with 3G capabilities
Asustek has announced that later this year they would launch a new variant of EEE PC which would feature inbuilt 3G support for fast wireless internet on the move.
This device could be launched in the European market by September this year.
Elitegroup Computer Systems is one company which has [...]
SanDisk to target flash memory at low cost computers for growth
SanDisk has said that they are planning to target the market for low cost computers to boost the demand for their solid-state drives.
Solid-state drives are increasingly being seen as potential replacements for traditional hard disks.
However, they are smaller in capacities and higher capacity drives are [...]
Intel Atom introduced officially
Microprocessor industry giant Intel has finally unveiled their much talked about Atom processor.
The company said that this chip is designed to empower the new range of low cost internet devices.
Intel Asia Pacific Vice president and General Manager Navin Shenoy added that the processor has the capability to bring internet access to millions [...]
MSI Wind Mini Desktop and MSI Mini Laptop launched!
Micro-Star International has finally launched their much awaited low cost computing products.
The company introduced two products: MSI Wind Mini Desktop and MSI Mini Laptop.
These products are powered by the upcoming Intel Atom processor which is energy efficient.
MSI Wind Mini Desktop is a compact desktop which is three [...]
Micro-Star International to showcase Wind laptop in US next month
MSI has announced that they would start selling their much talked about Wind laptop in USA next month.
This Intel Atom processor powered low cost machine would retail for $549 for the Windows XP version.
It would come loaded with a 1.6GHz Atom microprocessor and would have a [...]
One Laptop Per Child set to re-launch Give One Get One program
The OLPC project has announced that they are soon going to resume their Give One Get One program which enables customers to buy an XO Laptop for USD 400. Every laptop sold through this offer results in donation of one laptop to a child [...]
