Is subsidizing the device has no effect on the listed Student Price?
The Android 2.2 tablet will be available to students at a subsidized price of 2,263 rupees, or US$39.Quite often you can get a smart phone for nothing up front on a Contract from your Telco and here the Indian Government is effectively doing a similar thing for students.
There is no where in the article any mention of NonStudent Prices.

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