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The Simputer is being touted as a very low cost ($200) handheld computer that allows illiterate people to use the Web.
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A Bangalore-based group of seven professors and engineers have developed what they call a "Simputer" -- short for "simple inexpensive mobile computer."
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A Bangalore-based group of seven professors and engineers have developed what they call a "Simputer" -- short for "simple inexpensive mobile computer."
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Before that, in 2002, the government had hailed a hand-held computer called the "Simputer," which cost $240 as a major breakthrough.
Indian Bureaucrats Are No Steve Jobs Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar 2011
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India’s Simputer Fails: Four years ago, a low-cost handheld dubbed the Simputer was touted as a way to give villagers in poorer countries access to computing power.
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The best example I can provide is the story of "Simputer".
Wired Top Stories 2010
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Others wonder if a laptop is the appropriate device to bridge the digital divide, and worry it may follow in the footsteps of the somewhat disappointing Simputer.
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Picopeta has the Simputer, designed for use by the developing world (India is the first target).
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I also do remember a while back hearing about the Simputer ... similar concept, but more of a handheld it seems.
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The “Simputer,” short for Simple, Inexpensive, Multilingual, is championed by its followers as a friend of the poor, but some of its supporters add that its features match cool and trendy handhelds like those built by Palm Inc. Cost $250
‘Simputer’ – Simple, Inexpensive, Multilingual Computer | Impact Lab 2002
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