Thoughts provoked

Ah.. thats something nice :) Amongst the bevy of tablets and phones being launched, someone thought of a solar powered one and that too for the rural... great :) Computers are now an integral part of a child’s education, and talking of a million Indian children who attend rural schools that don’t have electricity. No electricity implies no computers!! Recently, an appreciable endeavour of a group of organizations from several different countries put their heads together to create the I-slate, a low-cost, low-energy tablet PC designed for use in these schools that runs on solar power. As per the news, in recent surveys, it appears to be a hit with the kids. P rototypes were tested with  10-13 year old  students of a rural school in Hyderabad , and it was liked. They liked  scratch pad app and perhaps did not like the button-placement of this gizmo priced at Rs. 1500. Almost 40 percent of the country's population is without electricity. Only four of our metros get s...