On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:52 AM, jtd <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thursday 19 Mar 2009, Deboo wrote: >> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 11:31 AM, jtd <[email protected]> wrote: >> > On Wednesday 18 Mar 2009, Deboo wrote: >> >> Which is the cheapest / low-cost hand-held computer (not mobile >> >> phone) available which even a por man anywhere in India can buy >> >> with little money? >> > >> > A handheld is more expensive than a cell phone. >> > If you are talking of eepcs LG is Rs.17500 afaik. >> > >> > Wonder what poorman would afford that. >> > >> > What exactly do you have in mind? >> >> I need a simple organizer. What is the cheapest hand held computer >> available in India that is fast or slow, big or small, preferably >> as low-cost as possible, so that I can store my appointments > > Cell phone without sim > >> and >> email on it, > > Now you need connectivity. so you need tcp stacks os memory, etc etc > etc. Add Rs. 6000 to above cel phone > >> and some light documents / shell scripting? > > Man why dont you first read something about computers. > Next you will want guest os with rdbms. > >> I don't >> need it to be a phone necessarily, nor a camera, nor a radio. just >> something simple so I don't miss appointments, and also I can store >> some basic stuff. In the poorman's range. >> >> Deboo
Well, is there atleast some low-cost device that can at the least read PDF files? If not do any other things? Deboo -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
