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» 'Poor-man's computer' to educate young Indians  - The first assignment of a poor man's hand-held computer, developed in Bangalore, is to bring basic education to tribal children in central India. [Asia Times]
» 'Simputer' Aims at the Developing World - Innovative sub-$200 Internet device will help non-literate users. [PC World]
» A Simple Plan - From Bangalore comes a spirited attempt to bring computers to the gigabyte-less masses. [TIMEasia.com]
» About the Simputer - Answer to questions about the Simputer.
» Amida Simputer - Simputer made by Amida. Pictures, specs, FAQ and information.
» Gear up for the launch of Simputer this month-end - The revolutionary computing product - Simputer - is all set for a nationwide launch by month-end. The product has been launched by Simputer Trust in association with Bangalore-based Encore Software Ltd and professors from the Indian Institute of Science,
» Handheld PC bridges digital divide - Indian scientists invent cheap device enabling poor and illiterate to surf internet. [The Guardian]
» How Can You Use A PC If You Can't Even Read? - Indian scientists design a computer specially for the poor. [Asiaweek.com]
» India to Compute on the Cheap - In spite of the country producing some great tech talent, the vast majority of India's nearly 1 billion people haven't benefited from the IT revolution at all. [Wired]
» Indian handheld to tackle digital divide - Indian scientists and engineers develop a handheld computer to help the poor and illiterate join the information age. [BBC News]
» Linuxdevices.com - "Simputer" here, but costs too much - The Simputer was to be half the cost of a PC. As the first devices reach market, that price point has spiralled upwards.
» Linuxgazette.com - Fun with Simputer and Embedded Linux - A tutorial introduction to programming the Simputer.
» Low-cost 'people's computers' target developing nations to get poor on-line - High-tech whizzes in developing countries are cobbling together bare-bones "people's computers" -- dubbed "Volkscomputers" in Brazil -- to offer the poor a bridge to the Internet Age -- a market that major PC makers have overlooked. [w
» PicoPeta Simputer Pvt. Ltd. - A Simputer solutions company. The primary business is to use the Simputer as a building block to provide large scale IT solutions to International clients.
» Simple Inexpensive Mobile Computer: The Simputer - Sachin Karol links to this Time Asia report about the Simputer. [Slashdot]
» Simputer's Ajit Anvekar: Keeping up the Open Source 'josh' - Ajit R. Anvekar didn't grow up with a computer, in fact, he bought his own PC only about two years ago, but he has already contributed to one of the best examples of Open Source's potential effect on the digital divide. [NewsForge]
» Simputer: the computer for the masses - For sheer versatility, the thingamajig is streets ahead of other gizmos. It's simple, it's portable. At about Rs 9,000 per piece, it's highly affordable. [rediff.com]
» The Simputer Project - Aims at developing low cost access device that can pervade the rural landscape, especially in third world countries.
» Yahoo Groups: Simputer - Mailing list for discussions related to the Simputer.
» rediff.com - Simputer: Not for the common man any more - Three years ago, the Simputer was the biggest story to come out of the Indian IT industry. This is an update on its development and marketing.
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Last Updated: 2007-02-28 19:45:17
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