 About the Simputer - http://anchlia.8k.com/aboutSimp.html Answer to questions about the Simputer. |
 A Simple Plan - http://www.time.com/time/asia/digital/magazine/0,9754,107313,00.html From Bangalore comes a spirited attempt to bring computers to the gigabyte-less masses. [TIMEasia.com] |
 Simputer's Ajit Anvekar: Keeping up the Open Source 'josh' - http://www.linux.com/articles/13216 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. [Linux.com] |
 Yahoo Groups: Simputer - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/simputer/ Mailing list for discussions related to the Simputer. |
 India to Compute on the Cheap - http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2001/06/44642 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] |
 'Simputer' Aims at the Developing World - http://www.pcworld.com/article/17401/simputer_aims_at_the_developing_world.html Innovative sub-$200 Internet device will help non-literate users. [PC World] |
 Gear up for the launch of Simputer this month-end - http://www.financialexpress.com/fe/daily/20001102/fco02022.html 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] |
 'Poor-man's computer' to educate young Indians - http://atimes.com/media/CI22Ce01.html 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] |
 Linuxdevices.com - "Simputer" here, but costs too much - http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3491192396.html The Simputer was to be half the cost of a PC. As the first devices reach market, that price point has spiralled upwards. |
 Indian handheld to tackle digital divide - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1442000.stm Indian scientists and engineers develop a handheld computer to help the poor and illiterate join the information age. [BBC News] |
 Handheld PC bridges digital divide - http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,518681,00.html Indian scientists invent cheap device enabling poor and illiterate to surf internet. [The Guardian] |
 Simple Inexpensive Mobile Computer: The Simputer - http://slashdot.org/articles/01/05/02/1822219.shtml Sachin Karol links to this Time Asia report about the Simputer. [Slashdot] |
 Linuxgazette.com - Fun with Simputer and Embedded Linux - http://linuxgazette.net/issue87/pramode.html A tutorial introduction to programming the Simputer. |
 The Simputer Project - http://www.simputer.org/ Aims at developing low cost access device that can pervade the rural landscape, especially in third world countries. |
 Simputer: the computer for the masses - http://www.rediff.com/money/2001/apr/24spec.htm 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] |
 rediff.com - Simputer: Not for the common man any more - http://in.rediff.com/money/2003/sep/17spec.htm 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. |
 Wikipedia: Simputer - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simputer Presents the computer and provides information about its deployment, its weaknesses, and its current status. |