Dr. Steve Eskow wrote: 'Some of us believe that we need to point out
that there are other choices, and "the social computer" is one such
alternative, a lower cost alternative to "the personal computer" '
Sandra Andrews wrote
'Who are we to make the decision as to which approach is the best?
Sho
Hi,
I have followed the conversation so far, and Taran has made some good
points about the Simputer vs a notebook.
There are other issues that a lot of people do not think about in the design
of a computer system for developing nations.
Replacement parts:
One of the things that often breaks in
Taran, I wish you'd reconsider your "basic economics": for example, your
belief that $480 that stays in India to buy a computer is "better" than
buying one elsewhere for $300. That may not sit well with those in India or
Africa who have to buy a computer. Ghana, where I work, is richer than som
Sabi ni bryan noong Sat, 28 May 2005 13:36:53 +0800:
> $480??? And i thought the simputer was supposed to help bring computers
> to all levels of society. At that cost it wont get any farther than the
> current PC penetration and with so many competitors they can forget doing
> mass production runs
Amos,
Check this link:
http://www.svox.com/site/bra840604/emb428616/mob25295437.asp?osLang=1
Apparently, text-to-speech is already being offered, with more choices on
the way. This represents not just convenience, but for a blind user, a
necessary assistive technology to read text messages on a
Taran Rampersad writes:
>>..Toss in the fact that only 50,000 [Simputers] were produced compared to
the millions
of components built by commercial entities. Don't believe me? Ask
Negroponte why it takes a minimum order of 1 *million* PCs to meet the
$100 laptop which the MIT Media Lab is looki
One of the regular posters on Net-Gold, Linda Bee, moderates her own
recipes list (along with two geneaology discussion groups). I doubt that
she will be posting about this cookbook to her RecipesAmongFriends list,
but those on the Digital Divide Network may find this "Cookbook" quite
useful for
I just wanted to say that I find this back and forth about Simputer
fantastic. Thank you to everyone who is contributing/debating. I'm
learning so much.
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Bonn, Germany
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Sabi ni maddog noong Fri, 27 May 2005 10:57:58 -0400:
> One of the things that interests me about the Simputer is the inclusion
> of
> two USB ports. Thus hooked to a power supply and a USB disk drive, USB
> keyboard
> and USB mouse you might be able to have a fairly interesting "desktop"
> (alth
