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Simputer Available?

Posted by michael on from the virtually-available dept.

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."

7 of 194 comments (clear)

  1. gay by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    kevin is

  2. very cool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    but how is this going to solve the nigger problem?

    (too many niggers, you see)

  3. does it run linux?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    not that i'm trolling or anything, but does it??

  4. It is ran by Indians by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    That should tell you something about the quality of their work.

  5. Re:Vehicles by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yeah, well, actually I haven't ridden on many buses, as I own my own somewhat expensive car.

  6. MySQL strikes again. by leandrod · · Score: 0, Troll

    I find it very funny that people want to use MySQL anywhere, when most of the /. effect victims fall prey to it. Even /. itself...

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  7. boycott India by ColtCougar · · Score: -1, Troll

    Don't buy anything Indian in origin ~ don't hire those bastards either.

    Yes I am hostile.

    Yes I am American.... fuck foreigners, put up the walls and pull our troops back here to home.

    Mod this. (_0_)

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    -There are only soldiers, and men who wish they were soldiers.