IIT
Bombay has developed a 10-inch netbook, which it claims could be the world's
cheapest, at around Rs 6,000. The netbook, conceived during the institute's
work with the low-cost Akash tablet, will be unveiled in the second week of
February.
The IIT Bombay team has worked on designing the netbook's specifications besides creating the OS image and the accompanying software bundle.
The project's objective was to understand its shortcomings and address them in the next product. In a bid to address the needs of students and to drive information creation, the team at IIT Bombay thought it was important to have a fully functional keyboard as opposed to a virtual keyboard, more battery time, a larger screen size (10-inches as compared to a 7-inch screen on a tablet), greater memory, more storage, a normal USB slot (not a micro USB), while not letting go of the price focus.
The netbook also needed to be light-weight for students to carry comfortably.
IIT Bombay has tied up with Delhi-based company, Basic Computers, which has delivered 1,000 netbooks for the pilot phase.
The IIT Bombay team has worked on designing the netbook's specifications besides creating the OS image and the accompanying software bundle.
The project's objective was to understand its shortcomings and address them in the next product. In a bid to address the needs of students and to drive information creation, the team at IIT Bombay thought it was important to have a fully functional keyboard as opposed to a virtual keyboard, more battery time, a larger screen size (10-inches as compared to a 7-inch screen on a tablet), greater memory, more storage, a normal USB slot (not a micro USB), while not letting go of the price focus.
The netbook also needed to be light-weight for students to carry comfortably.
IIT Bombay has tied up with Delhi-based company, Basic Computers, which has delivered 1,000 netbooks for the pilot phase.
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