The India’s ambitious $35 tablet is going to put every college student’s dreams on hold because there’s been a delay. The Times of India announced that their government dropped HCL Technologies, the company behind the great democratic tablet, for failing to follow through on the 600 million rupee (or $13,198,416) guarantee. Last summer, the country’s HRD, Kapil Sibal, made a number of appearances toting a mock up of the Android-based tablet, and said that it will be release on the 15th of January. People who sit beyond the desk say that the project is still on track and should be ready this summer. However, while the government is till looking for the one who can replace HCL, skeptics continue to sound warnings that parts alone will cost more than $35, well that’s sounds not good but let’s see what will happen.

We already know that Motorola is designing is a 10-inch tablet that will ship in the Fall of this year. We also know that the tablet will run on Android. The latest news related to this is that he Motorola tablet might feature Android 3.0.

A check of online analytics revealed some sets running Android 3.0 and even 3.1 and 3.2. The 3.0 sets indicate that Google has already finished the OS and is testing it out. The 3.1 and 3.2 versions are believed to be examples of concurrent development which will branch out once the 3.0 version is finished.

Android 3.0 will feature a more intuitive interface and will probably have support for upcoming services like Google Music. If the tablet comes equipped with Android 3.0, it will be the first major competitor to Apple’s iPad.