India may launch $35 tablet 'Sakshat' this month

NEW DELHI: The much-awaited low-cost tablet project, Sakshat, is finally set to take off after a delay of nearly six months, it seems.

Touted as the world's cheapest computer, which turned out to be a tablet, Sakshat would be priced at around Rs 2,200 though it was planned to be sold at $35 or around Rs 1,500, said media reports.

However, there will be a 50 per cent government subsidy, which would make Sakshat available at around Rs. 1100.

According to a report by Technorati.com, which said the launch would happen by the end of this month, Sakshat could be India’s answer to $100 laptops developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US. The low-cost device is powered by Android, which makes it the cheapest android device ever made.

The touchscreen tablet will come with inbuilt keyboard, video conferencing facility, multimedia content, Wi-Fi, USB port, 32GB hard drive and 2GB RAM.

Reports said 10,000 Sakshats will be delivered to IIT Rajasthan in late June.

It was earlier reported that HCL Technologies, which is manufacturing the new tablet, plans to initially produce 100,000 units.