Low-Cost Simputer Fails to Win Indians' Interest

prostoalex writes "The Associated Press looks at the Indian low-cost Simputer project and registers it as a failure. Picopeta sold 2,000 units over the past year, while Encore Software sold 2,000 Simputers. Only 10% of the devices were bought for rural areas, which the device was originally designed for. The reason? The companies need to sell quite a few simplistic monochrome devices to allow for the low price tag of $200. Meanwhile, anyone can buy a powerful device with a color screen for $199 from a major vendor."

Comments

Re:Perhaps they'd be more popular

[IANAAC]

The post you were replying to was obviously a troll - but what the hell was racist about it?

Depends on where you're from, I would guess. Here in Northern California, Indian casinos a big issue (or problem, depending on your point of view).

But, yeah. Obviously a troll. And an uninformed one, at that.

Re:Surprise

[indifferent children]

The problem is that the idea with "simple" might make literate people shun it, since it could be percieved as insulting to their intelligence.

You have just identified why Windows feels so icky whenever I am forced to use it. After living in Linux nirvana, Windows insults my intelligence, especially when that little paperclip points at me and says, "Ha Ha!".