The Indian government has just announced that it's awarded the manufacturing contract to HCL Technologies (makers of the once world's cheapest laptop), and that the first batch of tablets are slated to be available by January 10th. That initial run will reportedly only include the 7-inch model that we've been seeing all along, but there's also apparently 5-inch and 9-inch versions planned for launch at a later date.
Indian $35 tablet to ship in January?
Posted on Wednesday, September 08 2010 @ 14:16 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
Engadget reports Indian university students may be able to get their hands on the country's $35 Android tablet as soon as January 2011: