India develops world’s cheapest “laptop” at $35


What happened to the one slated for release last year around this time?
It was supposed to have been approved and ready for release in Bombay at a cost of Rs.1000/.
May be the cut was not sufficient for the politicians.
In the present case, is the price,cost or MRP?
If it is cost price. add200% for MRP.

Story:
(Reuters) – India has come up with the world’s cheapest “laptop,” a touch-screen computing device that costs $35.

India’s Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal this week unveiled the low-cost computing device that is designed for students, saying his department had started talks with global manufacturers to start mass production.

“We have reached a (developmental) stage that today, the motherboard, its chip, the processing, connectivity, all of them cumulatively cost around $35, including memory, display, everything,” he told a news conference.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66M0R720100723

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