On the day that Apple’s new iPad hits the shops, I thought you might like to know that the spat between Datawind, the UK-based manufacturer of the much-heralded '$35' Aakash tablet (see Low-cost tablet saga takes another twist), and the Indian government appears to have been resolved. India’s Human Resources Development Minister announced yesterday that shipments of the upgraded device will commence next month. Well, let's see.
Meanwhile, demand for the British-designed (but China-built) ‘$35’ Raspberry Pi computer also seems buoyant, though this device has no screen – in fact it is a naked circuit board. But nonetheless, anything that can regenerate kids’ interest in ‘real’ computing has just got to be a good thing.