Indian-Made $35 Tablet PC

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James Fontanella-Khan and Neil Munshi, India Launches $35 Tablet PC. Financial Times, Oct 6, 2011.
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/9e714b34-ef53-11e0-918b-00144feab49a.html

Note:
(a) Android with a stylus, the tablet Akash "has been developed by DataWind, a small UK-based group owned by a Canadian entrepreneur of Indian descent."
(b) The $35 version is on sale now in India, whereas the $60 version will hit Indian market by November end.
(c) Aakash Android Tablet Full Reviews  Cheapest Tablet in World Just for $ 35. YouTube.com, uploaded by learn2mechanical on Oct 5, 2011.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXK0eQagYHk

(d) The maker already has a tablet on sale in UK.

(i) Press release: DataWind unveils UbiSurferTouch7; Tablet for £99.99 includes a year of free internet access. DataWind, Apr 14, 2011

, which appears in the left column of the home page.  
http://datawind.com/

Lorraine Luk, TSMC CEO: Steve Jobs Changed The Face Of Computing. Dow Jones Newswires, Oct 6, 2011
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20111006-700211.html

(ii) In the preceding home page, the tag "UbiSlate" in the top horizontal bar gives specifications of Akash.


--------------------Separately
Neil Munshi, India: a Face for Phones. Financial Times, Sept 22, 2011 (blog)
http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2011/09/22/india-a-face-for-phones
("India is Huawei’s second largest market after China, contributing between $840m and $1.4bn per year (3 to 5 per cent) – of overall revenues, which totaled $28bn last year. But the company isn’t widely recognised in the country, and also must combat prejudice against Chinese products.")
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