So many, many things wrong with this post. But the only point I want to put across is that the governments or philanthropic organisations will be buying these to distribute to people, most of whom will only be making a dollar or two a day.
Has everyone forgotten how exciting it was to see the Donkey Kong handheld, the Atari 2600 or even heck the Commodore 64? Add in the internet connection, and this will be ultra cool - for usage at least, because fingers crossed a lot of people will have them...
And as for having more important things to do than handcrank a computer, there are more developing countries with poor people on them than the hot warzones or drought areas that are on the nightly news. I get the impression some people think aid agencies will spend money on computers rather than emergency food.
And remember, $100 worth of portable computer is far better than $100 of weapons or landmines.
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So many, many things wrong with this post. But the only point I want to put across is that the governments or philanthropic organisations will be buying these to distribute to people, most of whom will only be making a dollar or two a day. Has everyone forgotten how exciting it was to see the Donkey Kong handheld, the Atari 2600 or even heck the Commodore 64? Add in the internet connection, and this will be ultra cool - for usage at least, because fingers crossed a lot of people will have them... And as for having more important things to do than handcrank a computer, there are more developing countries with poor people on them than the hot warzones or drought areas that are on the nightly news. I get the impression some people think aid agencies will spend money on computers rather than emergency food. And remember, $100 worth of portable computer is far better than $100 of weapons or landmines.