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$10 Laptop Downgraded By Reality; Now Fancy Storage Device

Posted by timothy on from the not-that-there's-anything-wrong-with-that dept.

Ian Lamont writes "The news last week that the Indian government was working on a $10 laptop was too good to be true. It turns out that the project is actually a wireless-enabled storage device, not a laptop." Update: 02/04 21:36 GMT by T : Always-illuminating Liliputing has a short article with a picture of the device.

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  1. But by 0prime · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can use it in my lap, right?

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    1. Re:But by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I can use it in my lap, right?

      Yes, but not on top.

    2. Re:But by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      So...Slashdot is your holy text? God is a moderator? Getting "modded down" is like being sent to hell?

      That's a pretty fucked up escatalogy, man. So...CmdrTaco is the Father, Timothy is Jesus, and Rob Malda is the Holy Spirit?

  2. And by wireless-enabled by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    They mean it has no wires. It's actually an Etch-a-Sketch.

  3. oblig. "Get Smart" paraphrase by rubycodez · · Score: 4, Funny

    would you believe, a a storage device that plugs into your wireless router for $10? how about, would you believe, a usb dongle that plugs into a laptop that could have wireless, for $10?

    1. Re:oblig. "Get Smart" paraphrase by rob1980 · · Score: 1, Funny

      Heh, you said dongle.

  4. Re:it's okay by mewshi_nya · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wives also make good laptops, i hear.

  5. Re:it's okay by ushering05401 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Plug the vents and they overheat?

  6. Miscommunication on the part of The India Times by jerralb · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did the India Times succumb to economic pressures and outsource their reporting jobs to the US?

  7. bail & switch by JonTurner · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wait a second. What started off as a laptop has devolved into a flash drive with a bluetooth chip & a battery! Another week and it'll be described as a "spiral-bound notebook and a pencil with a string tied to it."

    1. Re:bail & switch by rts008 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Oh, come on, dude!

      Ignore the string...it has bluetooth! Bluetooth man!

      Failing at funny for 50 years

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    2. Re:bail & switch by shutdown+-p+now · · Score: 2, Funny

      Another week and it'll be described as a "spiral-bound notebook and a pencil with a string tied to it."

      No, you're confusing it with a Russian $1 "ultraportable low-power wireless netbook", originally designed for their space program.

  8. Re:it's okay by should_be_linear · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wives also make good laptops, i hear.

    how the hell we are suppose to know, asshole

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  9. bonus software by prgrmr · · Score: 4, Funny

    it will include a preinstalled copy of Duke Nukem Forever

  10. Turns out.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    The project was not a laptop but actually a cob of corn.

  11. Re:Why so expensive? by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 4, Funny

    SD card slot, Microcontroller chip, Radio chip. Viola, low power, moderate bitrate and range wireless data storage device for $5. Development costs furnished by the Indian tax payers.

    Why so expensive? Have you priced violas recently?

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  12. Re:it's okay by dubbreak · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wives also make good laptops, i hear.

    If they are Japanese made maybe. My North American made model barely fits on the desktop. Also it's loud and doesn't do well in the closet (needs plenty of ventilation.. but that's a whole other issue). Buy american my ass.

    I'd upgrade if possible, but with the poor economy that's just not financially feasible at this time. Heck, I can't afford the disposal fee for the current one let alone how much it is to procure a better slimmer model.

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  13. Re:it's okay by chill · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...doesn't do well in the closet...

    Well THERE is your problem. Your wife needs to come out of the closet.

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  14. Anyone see the parallel? by Hognoxious · · Score: 5, Funny

    You know when your company is considering outsourcing something, and the team that's bidding for it all have twenty years experience (in something that's only existed for two and a half weeks, but hey, they're keen! I like a can-do attitude) and actually speak reasonable English?

    And then, reality dawns...

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  15. Shocked. by sharkb8 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Having worked with outsourced Indian coders, I, for one, am shocked that Indian engineers overpromised, underdelivered, and were overbudget.

  16. I am so going to hell by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Given that this is Slashdot, I'd say that "The Father, The Son and The Holy Goatse" were more like it.

  17. Re:it's okay by sqldr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wives also make good laptops, i hear.

    how the hell we are suppose to know, asshole

    chloroform

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  18. Other stories that should have made /. by podom · · Score: 4, Funny

    In other news:

    * $100 Car Downgraded By Reality; Now Used Bicycle
    * $75 House Now Tent
    * $1 GPS System Now Toy Compass from Box of Cracker Jack

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