Can A $35 Tablet change the world?

 I just read an article about how India is putting a tablet in the hand of its students to use in school.  The device which cost about $60 is being subsidized by the government to bring the price down to a mere $35 dollars.  The benefits are immense and the impact on the entire country could be profound.  This is a country where the major of the people don't have computers.  These devices are more powerful than the computer that most American's first own and with all the content now on the internet is definitely more useful.  The device is Android based and can run most apps in the android market place.  It has two usb ports for connecting multiple peripherals and a slot for a SD card.  This means that a student can connect a usb keyboard and printer to the device and use it just like a computer.  Student who had no computer at home now have a platform to research materials, write papers, and create presentations digitally.  Through an internet connection they also now have access to a world of information and education content in the palm of their hand.  This is a huge thing for a country where most of the over one billion people live in what we would consider poverty.  As technology improves new version of this device will become more powerful and cheaper.  I think this could not only impact the country of India but the world.  Just think of how many school system in the United States don't have enough devices for students.  As technology becomes faster and cheaper, it is conceivable that in a few of years we could have a device that is as powerful as and most of the tablets being used today for a price that would be a fraction of what a textbook cost.  This device would be able to hold all of the information of a textbook but it would be able do so much more.  I think this fact will revolutionize the way we receive content in school schools throughout the world.  There days of each child being assigned a textbook for each class is numbered and this article illustrates why.  Why would a school system pay $100 for each textbook when they can have a device that holds the information of 1000 textbooks and is much more capable at a fraction of the cost?