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RCom Brings $100 Laptop to India
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| Bharti Adhikari |
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| Oct 12, 2007 |
The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) has collaborated with One Laptop per Child (OLPC) foundation to bring the latter's much-hyped $100 laptop to India to promote e-learning among poor children.
Under this initiative, Reliance Communications (RCom) will provide Internet connectivity, network backbone, logistics, and support to the OLPC initiative.
The initiative aims at covering over 25,000 towns, and 6,00,000 villages in the country by 2008. The larger OLPC project has already provided laptops to 5 million school children across the world, and aims to cover 150 million by 2008.
Based on the Linux OS, the OLPC (XO) laptop has replaceable keyboards, which can be changed for use with 35 global languages.
While announcing the collaboration, Tina Anil Ambani, said, "Children are the future of the nation, and shaping the future of millions of school children through new age learning systems is of prime importance in today's digital era."
OLPC has launched its first pilot in the country at a school in a tribal village at Khairat, near Karjat in Maharashtra, where school children have been provided with laptops, and training for teachers to incorporate new ways of imparting education.
Carla Gomez Monroy, learning consultant of OLPC, and a part of the pilot, said, "Children lack opportunity, and not capability. Children at Khairat school, who have never even seen a laptop before, are showing easiness and receptiveness while learning on laptops. It has also resulted in reduction in the number of children absentees."
Sumit Chowdhury, chief information officer of RCom, said, "School children will be able to access their educational modules in local languages, collaborate with each other, connect to the Internet, and play games as well."
The laptops are connected via network to the school server. All laptops are on the network, so school children can interact with each other, and share the learning experience. However, once out of the school network, these laptops are rendered absolutely useless. They would work only till such a time the battery lasts.
"Keeping in mind that the laptops will be handled by school children, they have been built drop-proof, 45-degrees shock-proof, water proof, and have a longer battery life as compared to regular laptops," added Chowdhury.
RCom and OLPC are in talks with government agencies, NGOs, content developers, translators, teachers, and project managers to create successful ecosystems to further the OLPC program in India.
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what is the cost of this laptop
i am interested in buying it please tell me the cost + shiping + tax
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very nice idea of ambani group, I hearty thankx
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please send details and where and when it is available in baroda.quate price in indian Rs.
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plz send me price of indian rupees
thanks
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plz send price of indian rupees
thanks / regars
pardeep kumar
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It is an example of SHINING INDIA where aal are helping one other.
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Building future India from childhood
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Wow... amazing initiate in building a better India!
Great work Reliance...
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good
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It is very useful to learn computing from children stage because this is IT world now and future is all IT .Even though, till plus2 many students dont know how to operate a computer now.
Its really very good job by Rcom .Hope Students wont misuse this oppurtunity.
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Its really encouraging for the poor children.
Reliance !!! Keep it up
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Government Of Goa has been Providing free computers to every higher secondary student fo th past six years!
Almost evry home in Goa Now has a PC.
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Are we using the term rupee or dollar....reliance get your acts straight!!!
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Great work!!! of late Rcom is really doing some great work, apart from increasing
coverage for it's CDMA network,launched colour phones for Rs999/=,unlimited SMS
for RS30/=[30 days],and their datacard
is really good!!Continue the goodwork
RELIANCE!!!!! Best wishes
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I think its very useful because my self sat infront of the computer in B.E .The reason behind this is that I am from village so it is very useful specially for the village students ...............
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yes realy very very very good management in world we pray god he birth of india.but down load rate need low
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Great, When can we expect this laptop in market?
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for everybodies information it will cost 220$ in india
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Keeping in mind that the laptops will be handled by school children, they have been built drop-proof, 45-degrees shock-proof, water proof, and have a longer battery life as compared to regular laptops," added Chowdhury.
With these features, how can the laptop be cheaper at $100?
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since its functional only when it is connected to the server and not otherwise and it has very less hardware configuration in it and not to forget when someone buys one then a free laptop is gifted to one of the underprivileged children
that how this will work out to be cheap
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its very ammazing for every indian that they should be brought a laptop for Rs. 5000/- only.. I would like to collect more information in respect of this laptop...
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very noble idea
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OK! Does anyone here realise how crucial it is that this is implemented properly? For example, I know of a village, to which computers were sent. But since the teachers in the school were not taught how to assemble it, computer classes were restricted to theoretical classes on what the keyboard, monitor, mouse and CPU did!!! Now the Ambani's are evil (like most monopolies). We've seen them getting into trouble over SEZ acquisitions in recent times... SO please let's not forget that they are NOT doing this for the general good of Indian Kind. They are motivated strongly by self gain... which is ok... IF you are not evil. So in this case... I would say... that instead of letting this announcement dwindle away from our memories... let's keep track of what they are up to... and follow-up and see what happens. Otherwise, no one will be accountable when none of this 'development' happens.. or if it goes badly wrong
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Ridi, If you have the knowledge of computer, why don't you go to that village and teach about computers for couple of days. They have the tool and you know the trade. be positive.
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Very much encouraging initiative to build modern India.
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Reliance are nothing but robbers - have you used any of their other products like Broadband, netconnect, cellular. They have no fucing system in place - they overcharge and rob. What revolution would they bring the poor - if everything is controlled by them - they will make everyone poor and you and I will be the poor ones receiving from them.
RELIANCE ADA GROUP = ROBBERS / THIEVES - a disgrace to the ambani name and to the reliance legacy
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Long live reliance !! Earlier they bring revolution in callinng rates now in computers !!
That will bring india in a brilliant stage in 2010
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good one
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This is one of the best thing i have ever heard for the improvement of the society. Brilliant one. any way i have lots of trust on these Ambani's. They are the one who is going to take INDIA into the POLE position and will stay there.....
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A good venture.95 % of the children would however be interested in only playing games which may proove to be counter productive.
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OLPC-Project will really prove to be beneficial and boon for the poor and the middle class children to cope with the fastly changing scenerio of science and technology.
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Congratulations to Anil Ambani. OLPC project will change the face of India if persued in right manner. Government need to help and facilitate the implementation of it. The digital devide will disappear and will empower the poorest kids to take control of their lives.
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reliance motherfucas are trying to take over india you assholes. there will come a day when you their products will be an integral part of your lives............think and act you punks..
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Good step. RCom Have some responsibility towards our nation also. Keep it up..........
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