Game Changer - The $45 Computer

This, and the other low cost tablet style computers that will follow it will be a game changer in the third world. 

 

Think of the billions of people shutout of the online world at the moment due to the cost of access devices,  particularly in rual India, Pakistan and Africa. One in five people in the world have never made a phone call let alone "surfed the web", the day when all of us are connected has just come one step closer.

 

From: AlJazeeraEnglish  | Oct 5, 2011  

At the low price of $45, the world's cheapest computer tablet, made in India, is targeted mostly at students.

In a country where laptops range from anywhere between $400 and $1,000, and where the average income is much lower, the hope is that more people, particularly the country's youth, will have greater access to technology.

In the next few months over 100,000 such computers will be available in select universities. If successful, India may even sell it commercially, but experts say the design still has a long way to go.