New Tablet retail price hoping for 10$ or cheaper!

[Joelcool7]

Rath said:

Joelcool7 said:

Rath said:

Dr.Grass said:
Unbelievable - and I mean that.

This.

 

Reminds me of the $100 laptop thing that dragged on for years and then ended up costing quite a bit more. Except for this one is ever less likely to happen than that.

Difference is the 100$ laptop didn't recieve a release date and the final product was not completed when it was announced. Intel partnered up with the initial manufacturer and later released a slightly more expensive device 188$. The origional 100$ laptop (Which later got priced higher) saw big success in some countries however estimates say the device sold only alittle over 1-million units to date. Also keep in mind that the manufacturer cut several corners such as not testing the unit well before launch.

The video and presentation clearly shows this device is not a prototype, its roll out is starting in November. Thats next month and the device is already in the hands of the Indian Government. It wouldn't make sense if the device was plagued with the issues of the hundred dollar laptop which in the end was a success.

It was the 100$ laptop that caused the creation of netbooks. Today the market is flooded with cheap net books I have seen them retail as cheap as 89.99$ on sale. So the device was definatly successful in the long term.

This tablet shows much more promise as the device is already tested and in mass production. Over a 1,000 units are already in the hands of students. With 500 given free at the launch event. The full roll out next month.

There is no turning back the device is already proven. It would be impossible for it to be plagued with the issues of the 100$ laptop!

Was talking about the $10 price tag.

The $60 price without subsidies is possible, it's just likely to be a rubbish device.

 

Also the $100 laptop did achieve things, just not a $100 laptop.

The ten dollar price tag according to what I read and I saw on the news was assuming a very large order was made and the device was a smashing success. It was also talking about how India might further subsidize the device alongside with a cheaper production cost due to the high volume could see the device end up priced at around 10$ which is the end goal.

I won't comment on how great the device will be, its not going to be an I-Pad or PlayBook or such we already know that. But for even 60$ the device appears to be a very good deal and if the Indian Government and Datawind create a huge order and subsidize it properly a 10$ device would be mind blowing.

As for the 100$ laptop, it was a very good concept and did eventually lead to a 100$ Netbook. At least I have seen Netbooks on sale for as little as 89.99$ at last years Boxing day. That would never have happened if the 100$ Laptop hadn't been proposed and begun production. Of course I don't see 100$ Netbooks currently being sent over seas to the poor people as the 100$ laptop was intended they are being sold in wealthy markets. Sort of defeating the purpose of the cheap laptop altogether, but the device did eventually come about and achieve success via not only its direct sales success with the 180$ laptop but also all the laptops and NetBooks which followed their lead and created cheap affordable computing devices which was the initial intent of the whole program!