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."

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Re:Dell India doesn't sell PDAs

[Irishlace]

Which seems rather amusing since with my Dell, the one time I was unfortunate enough to have to call customer support, it was routed to India. No support to their own?

Re:Tin Foil hats..

[iluvcapra]

Be careful about mentioning the spewing of toxic gasses-- the Indians are probably still touchy about that whole Union Carbide thingy.