You can buy single quantities of ARM-based netbooks & tablets from China for under $90 a unit, including international shipping.(^)
So your estimates line up with that experience. I'd guess that if the Indian government really wanted to provide a lot of these to school students, they could bring the cost down a fair bit by either bulk-buying or bulk-producing, though.
I'd be interested to find out what the intended OS is, and what the plans for providing suitable useful educational software are, though.
So your estimates line up with that experience. I'd guess that if the Indian government really wanted to provide a lot of these to school students, they could bring the cost down a fair bit by either bulk-buying or bulk-producing, though.
I'd be interested to find out what the intended OS is, and what the plans for providing suitable useful educational software are, though.
(^) For starters, http://www.dealextreme.com/search.dx/search.WM8505