$35 Indian Tablet Has Until March 31st To Ship or Be Cancelled

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With a lot of fanfare the Indian Government had launched a $35 tablet (http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/05/1711248/india-launches-35-tablet) named Aakash (The Sky). Despite skepticism, the government went ahead with the project. But delays in production and deployment of the tablet have left the project in risk of failure. The manufacturer has been unable to supply the required 100,000 units (http://www.zdnet.com/in/india-sets-march-31-deadline-for-aakash-2-delivery-7000013135/), and a deadline of March 31has been set. The new minister Pallam Raju says: 'Aakash is only a tablet... there are other such devices as well. While work will continue to develop it and increase its productivity, manufacturing is obviously a problem.'"For what it's worth, they did manage to ship 17,000 of them. It looks like meeting the deadline is impossible and the $35 tablet is dead.

http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/13/03/28/1229219/35-indian-tablet-has-until-march-31st-to-ship-or-be-cancelled