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Low-Cost Indian Tablet Project Falls To Corruption

Posted by samzenpus on from the failure-to-launch dept.

symbolset writes "The first Aakash tablet proposed for India schools has failed. Datawind managed to deliver the $45 Android tablet as reported here previously, but suffering a breach in faith by both their contract manufacturer and the accepting agency in India had to put the project on hold. Facing a loss in revenue it's turning into a disaster for the small Canadian company as they are now proving unable to deliver both the Aakash tablet and the parallel retail product. Senior executives have begun to flee. The company has presold a great many tablets, and delivery failure reports are beginning to mount. Is this the Phantom console of this decade?"

5 of 144 comments (clear)

  1. Money first by AG+the+other · · Score: 1, Funny

    Get the money first and then manufacture the product.

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    Non bene pro toto libertas venditur auro
    1. Re:Money first by couchslug · · Score: 3, Funny

      "and I want my Alyson Hannigan sexbot for $50 and a pack of Lucky Strikes and now we're both disappointed"

      Too greedy. I'd be willing to forego the cigarettes.

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      "This post is an artistic work of fiction and falsehood. Only a fool would take anything posted here as fact."
  2. Re:incomeptent contracts != corruption by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's funny that you can't even spell incompetent.

  3. Re:incomeptent contracts != corruption by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Yes, you moron. Unless the sentence is framed correctly, you cannot assume that the intended information was passed on.

    Are you the guy that wrote the summary?

  4. Re:Barely legible summary by Kneo24 · · Score: 3, Funny

    By now we all know that the editors don't do a lot of editing. I suggest that people start submitting summaries without spelling errors.