A prototype of tablet computer unveiled in India by Shri Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for human Resource Development. [Read more]. The expected price for the said device is just $35 or about 1,500 rupees and expected to drop its price to $20 and ultimately to $10 as R&D efforts continue.

Shri Kapil Sibal demonstrated the cheapest device’s touch-screen feature also known as main feature of Apple’s iPad. The device also has solar-power option that could make it more usable in rural areas.

India, unveiled an iPad like tablet PC . (Credit: AFP Photo/STR)

Device specs: Linux based computer, 2GB of memory, no hard drive instead a memory card, and USB ports. Features are: Web browser, multimedia player, PDF reader, Wi-Fi, and video conferencing.

The tablet computer’s motherboards was co-designed by students from several branches of the Indian Institute of Technology.

Education expert Zubin Malhotra told at Newsxlive. “This is just a prototype,” “We need to find people who will be able to manufacture these devices at these price points and continue to develop them going forward.”

From PIB press release :

A number of teams have been moving back and forth independently but constantly interacting with the HRD Ministry and improving upon design parameters and customization guidance for Indian students. The efforts of some of the teams working with those design philosophies were presented today. The aim is to reach such devices to the students of colleges and Universities and to provide these institutions a host of choices of low cost access devices around Rs. 1500/- ($35) or less in near future.

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