Dear Friends,
Here comes the great offer due to efforts of Mr. Dipendra Manocha and Saksham. We have been able to finalise the purchase of Samsung N150 Netbook for a special scheme for University Students with blindness or low vision. The Netbook is being purchased at the cost of Rs. 16500. This Netbook has: Atom 450 processor, 10 inch screen, 8and half hour battery back-up, USB, Blue Tooth Wi-Fi, LAN port, VGA port. 1 GB RAM and 160 GB of HDD. It also has webcam. The Netbook claims to be 3g and GPS enabled. (not a sim card slot but will be able to handle 3g connectivity). It does have card reader also. You can read a review at http://www.mybestlaptop.org/samsung-n150-review.html After providing 5000 rupees subsidy, the Netbook will be available to the students at the cost of Rs. 11500. We will load the computers with various utilities like the NVDA and SAFA screen reading software, Web IE configured for Hindu news paper links and suitable configurations for persons with vision impairments. The computers will be delivered in New Delhi thus there would be shipping cost in addition to the cost of the machine. How to order: The application form for this offer can be downloaded from this link http://www.sendspace.com/file/e92c8y or requested from Saksham. The Netbook will be distributed through DFI member organisations only. You can locate the nearest DAISY Forum of India member on the DFI website at http://www.daisyindia.org/03membersList.htm Member organisations may please fill up the forms of their beneficiaries and collect the payments of 11500 from them. This payment will need to be sent to Saksham Trust. The offer is going to be on first come first serve basis. This offer comes due to the kind contribution from I F C I. When you fill up the forms, we would need disability certificates and proof of their being in the in University or any diploma, graduation or post graduation or higher education programme such as the valid ID card. We are looking at closing collection of orders within one week. So please hurry and help in completing this exercise without troubles. For more information please contact DFI members and Saksham staff using the following contact details. Email: [email protected] Ph: 011 42411015 Personally, I think that the Netbook is a great device and can serve all the reading and writing needs of any individual. I have purchased this Netbook few months earlier and I am in love with the portability and independence it offers. So, I suggest you grab this offer before it ends. Remember that the subsidy is for a limited number of Netbook and it will not be available at this price after the scheme ends. Thanks and regards Prashant Ranjan verma To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
