India Officially Launches Simputer

Posted by timothy on Saturday October 26, 2002 @09:14PM from the high-hopes-still-high dept.

aravind writes "The Communications and IT Minister, Pramod Mahajan, has launched India's indigenously developed low-cost handheld Personal Computer -- Simputer -- at an IT and Communication expo, SMAU 2002, in Milan. A low-cost handheld PC on GNU/Linux working through a browser for international markup language IML, priced at Rs9000 (less than $200). 200Mhz StrongArm processor, 32MB DRAM, 24 MB flash, touchscreen, speakers, USB, text-to-speech, MP3 capability ... " Look here for some of the previous stories we've run on the Simputer.

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... and you poke at it... by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-26 21:21 · Score: 5, Funny

From the FAQ:

Q: How do I enter text? Can I attach a keyboard?

A: There are two options on the base simputer for entering text: one is a soft keyboard, that can be brought up on the touch screen and you poke at it to enter one character at a time...

I guess they took it to the point that that even the description is simplified. :)
from the FAQ by jas79 · 2002-10-26 21:33 · Score: 5, Funny

Q: Can I create a Beowulf cluster using many Simputers?

A: You must be a /.er; in which case you know the answer!