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India’s $35 to ship in January

September 8th, 2010 by Nate Hoffelder · 2 Comments · hardware news, Indian Tablet

Techpp.com are reporting that Indian $35 tablet has gotten a name, manufacturer, and ship date:

The highly anticipated $35 tablet from India, Sakshat is set to arrive in January 2011, as the government of India has handed over the manufacturing contract to HCL Technologies.

HCL Technologies Ltd is a well known Indian computer services firm and will help manufacture 100,000 low-cost computers under a government project which is aimed to boost the role of technology in education. Last month, when the IT minister, Kapil Sibal ran a hands-on demo, things were clear that the tablet is for real and will definitely see its light sooner than later.

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