Mobilis: No frills Mobile Desktop

CSIR announced launch of 10k mobile desktops. On Hindu:

It will have no hard disk but will have built-in memory and facility to plug in memory cards for any storage over and above that provided for in the built-in memory. It will not have games. High-speed computing is ruled out. The reasoning is that "while adding to the cost, these are of no use to many users.''

This sounds cool. Infact one of my close friend was part of the development team for this product. But in this world where high speed computing is becoming ubiquitous, I wonder how competitive mobilis would be. A good start for sure.