Indian software billionaire wants to bring a £20 iPad to the masses

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 India’s wealthiest software tycoon has announced plans to produce a £20 tablet computer designed to bring iPad-style technology to the country’s masses.

Wipro, the IT giant founded by the tycoon Azim Premji, said that it was developing a touch-screen PC device that would cost a fraction of the 29,500 rupee (£400) starting cost of an Apple iPad in India.

The tablet, aimed at the nation’s rural poor and schoolchildren, is under development at the company’s Electronic City campus in Bangalore, home to a workforce of 11,000 people. A pilot model should be ready early next year, Wipro said.

Source: Internet (Robin Pagnamenta, The Times)