The tablet as a pill

The launch of the Aakash tablet has attracted a lot of attention primarily because of its price and also the role the government seems to be playing in making it available initially to college students at a subsidised rate. Of course, we recall that the Rs 1 lakh car in the end costs twice as much on the road and the $100 personal computer that made news a few years ago was beaten by the $300 notebooks in the market. Yet, the idea of giving students access to a reasonably priced personal tablet is exciting.

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