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Simputer Available?
Anonymous Coward writes "The Simputer (marketed by PicoPeta, the inventors and manufactured by the Defence Electronics PSU - BEL) has a website now and is available for sale (including outside India). Some pics can be found at the picture gallery. This story has been discussed a few times before here at /. here, here and here. Of particular note are some of the features, notably the device goes beyond the typical handheld/PDA and has some brand new innovations. For instance, it uses accelerometers to sense motion and this is used to give commands to the computer (for instance, to zoom a picture, you just have to move the Simputer towards you and to turn a page, you flick it like you would turn a page for a book. Also has an integrated smart card reader plus writer, very useful for several business applications."
Simputer is planning to outsource the tech support to America because it's cheaper. I bet people in India won't be happy about that.
The accelerometers are not intended for the user. They are for the benifit of the Simputer so it realises when it has been dropped or flung in the direction of a wall by an irate user and has time to say its prayers
Do not try to read the dupe, thats impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth
What truth?
There is no dupe
to zoom in you move the simputer closer to you ..
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... how convenient.
you can rotate the display by holding the simputer and twisting your wrist
if you toss the simputer directly above you its homing technology will cause it to fall back down towards you
and it will automatically shut itself down once the battery is dead
http://www.amidasimputer.com/tour/stop4.php
"Along with a chikki, you can play hours and hours of CD-quality music "
So, Im not sure I read the advert correctly, but it sounds like you DO actually get a Chikki with each simputer.
Either that, or they are available for purchase direct from the site. (Chikki may be available for purchase online, pursuant to the governing laws of your State)
Amida: "I know this is a bad neighborhood and you are not wearing much, but we need you to pretent like you are using the product and you would do this in your free time."
Saying Java is nice because it works on all OS's is like saying that anal sex is nice because it works on all genders.
Ah, but they don't have to pay to import it from India.
6. Q: When will the Simputer be available?
A: If all goes well, by March 2002 you should be able to buy one of them.
I guess all didn't go, "well."
I think that gallery would be a hell of a lot more useful if it showed pictures of the device itself rather than grandpa in his pyjama's. Why not show what's happening on the screen instead of models posing with the thing in their hand?
One-handed photo enlargement, huh? one-handed next-pic viewing? very nice...
Oh wait, did I say pic? I meant page. ya, page.
Might be a "jerky" experience though...
Actually its a free feature. When you bring the PDA closer to you it gets larger and the further away it gets smaller it becomes.
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