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India's $35 7-Inch Android Tablet To Hit In January

Posted by samzenpus on from the little-machine-little-price dept.

indogiree writes "Engadget reports that India has just awarded the manufacturing contract to HCL Technologies. The first shipment will supposedly only contain the 7-inch model and is set to arrive on January 10. It's unclear if the $35 price has stuck or whether India's been successful in plans to drive the price down to $10 eventually with the help of large orders and government subsidies. HCL Technologies plans to initially produce 100,000 units. Among the key features of this India-based tablet include 2GB of RAM, web-conferencing, PDF reader, unzip, WiFi, camera and USB connectivity."

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  1. Re:2GB Ram? by gweihir · · Score: 0, Troll

    Hmmm.... how about buying large quantities? A "DDR2 1Gb 128Mx8 800MHz" chip costs less than 2 US$ on the spot market. So you can get 2GB for below 4 bucks as manufacturer.

    And another one too stupid to know the difference between 'b' and 'B'. It happens to be a factor of 8 in memory sizes.

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  2. Outship It to Me by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 0, Troll

    I cannot wait to have the Indians to whom my job was outsourced buy up thousands of these tablets and ship them to me for $40, so I can sell them here in the US for $150. It might make up for my lost salary and benefits.

    Seriously, how will India stop me from buying a dozen of these there and shipping them back here to have a cheap tablet in every room and couch?

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  3. 7 holy inches! by postmortem · · Score: 0, Troll

    Finally Indians will able to hold something 7" big that is their own :) !