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Low-Cost Indian Tablet Project Falls To Corruption

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?"

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  1. 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.

  2. 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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