Handheld PC bridges digital divide
Indian scientists invent cheap device enabling poor and illiterate to surf internet. [The Guardian] (June 9, 2001)
Simputer to bridge digital divide
A non-profit group in India has created a simple, inexpensive, multilingual handheld device aimed at bringing computing to Third World nations — dubbed the Simputer. [MSNBC] (May 24, 2001)
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. [workopolis.com] (May 22, 2001)
Simple Inexpensive Mobile Computer: The Simputer
Sachin Karol links to this Time Asia report about the Simputer. [Slashdot] (May 2, 2001)
A Simple Plan
From Bangalore comes a spirited attempt to bring computers to the gigabyte-less masses. [TIMEasia.com] (April 30, 2001)
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] (April, 2001)
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, Bangalore. [Financial Express] (November 2, 2000)
'Simputer' Aims at the Developing World
Innovative sub-$200 Internet device will help non-literate users. [PC World] (June 23, 2000)
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