[Vo]:A $20 tablet computer from India

2012-11-12 Thread Jed Rothwell
This is wonderful. Add a keyboard and you have a computer. They are distributing these to schoolchildren in India because they are cheaper than printed textbooks. See: http://qz.com/26244/how-a-20-tablet-from-india-could-finish-off-pc-makers-educate-billions-and-transform-computing-as-we-know-it/

Re: [Vo]:A $20 tablet computer from India

2012-11-12 Thread Terry Blanton
That goes hand-in-hand with this amazing story: http://dvice.com/archives/2012/10/ethiopian-kids.php What happens if you give a thousand Motorola Zoom tablet PCshttp://dvice.com/archives/2012/01/one-laptop-per.php to Ethiopian kids who have never even seen a printed word? Within five months,

Re: [Vo]:A $20 tablet computer from India

2012-11-12 Thread Jed Rothwell
Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: That goes hand-in-hand with this amazing story: http://dvice.com/archives/2012/10/ethiopian-kids.php What happens if you give a thousand Motorola Zoom tablet PCshttp://dvice.com/archives/2012/01/one-laptop-per.php to Ethiopian kids who have never

Re: [Vo]:A $20 tablet computer from India

2012-11-12 Thread Harry Veeder
I hope this doesn't lead to a world where the poor must remain attached their tablets and be on call 24 hours day to cater to the whims of the upper classes so they simply can earn enough income to subsist... Harry On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 2:18 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [Vo]:A $20 tablet computer from India

2012-11-12 Thread Terry Blanton
On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Harry Veeder hveeder...@gmail.com wrote: I hope this doesn't lead to a world where the poor must remain attached their tablets and be on call 24 hours day to cater to the whims of the upper classes so they simply can earn enough income to subsist... Soon