OLPC's XO tablet with off-grid charging doesnt make sense

OLPC, the one laptop per child project has been a disappointed from the very beginning, the device was simply over priced and was distributed with eyes closed. There are instances where the laptop provided earlier are used as a torch, without serving any purpose that it was intended to.

After the laptop proved costly they have now come up with a tablet XO. 3.0. Some call it the most important feature of the tablet but i call it the most stupid feature. The feature that i m referring to is the ability to get the device charged off the grid. The device can be charged using hand cranks or using the cover of the tablet that doubles up as solar panel. It would have made sense, if the device had GPRS connectivity there are many regions in India like the UP and Bihar belt where the power is so erratic that its impossible to charge from the grid, in regions like these Samsung's guru phones were a hit that got charged with solar panels.

The irony of this device is that it comes with WiFi connectivity, so the makers expect the regions that dont have electricity to have WiFi, there is hardly decent WiFi connectivity in cities, tier 2 cities and small towns don't have any sort of commercial WiFi.. in such a condition they are giving this device with wifi to regions that don't have electricity. I doubt the vision of the people who are making this device. How do they expect places to have WiFi that don't have electricity, and what is the purpose of a device like this without internet.

Yes the first aakash tablet came only with WiFi but they were supposed to be distributed to only school students who would use the device at a WiFi enabled class room. The public version of UBislate does have gprs connectivity with excellent data compression technology that promises to deliver 3g speed on a 2.5g network. And gprs is actually cheap an unlimited package costs around 98Rs per month, while the same would have cost a lot on 3G also 3g is not available every where like 2G. The pricing, features and connectivity of UBIslate is very appropriate. And aakash tablet has created so much buzz that OLPC would find it hard to sell its wares.