I've made contact with Amida Simputer - I will be purchasing a high end Simputer at the beginning of June, and having it sent to me in Panama. This is an out of pocket expense for me, but I'm putting my money where my mouth is (now that I have the money coming in) and will be taking it with me to Guyana for two months. For those of you who contacted me offlist regarding getting one for review, it seems that the best way to do that is to spend a few hundred dollars and do it. Since the people who did contact me were working with institutions, I think this is a plausible scenario.
I'll also be getting some more information from Amida Simputer which I shall share with the list once I get it. While I have the best wishes for MIT's $100 laptop - and serious misgivings - I'm more interested in what is tangible, here, and can use the support. When I am in Guyana, I shall be volunteering my technical skills at a local hospital, an orphanage and a vocational school. This is dealing with websites, PCs (and getting them running), and some other things. I'm certain I shall have some interesting things to share, and I'll start blogging about that in late June/early July. Since I'll be cat-sitting in Panama in between, I expect to get a lot of other things done related to cyber-stuff - including some follow up on mobcasting with Andy, and a few other things. Caffeine and a 1 megabit connection will be a wonderful thing in Panama. :-) -- Taran Rampersad Presently in: San Jose, Costa Rica [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.knowprose.com http://www.easylum.net http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/Taran "Criticize by creating." — Michelangelo _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
