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Youthful spending links guns, gizmos and goatherds

...that feeds back into useful stuff. Which is where the Indian-designed Simputer is supposed to come in. This long-running project promises to test... Read more

2 April, 2004 by Rupert Goodwins

Linux-based handheld hits the Indian market

...handheld, eyeing both the local market and a wider audience. The Amida Simputer, originally developed as a "poor man's computer," is now being pitched... Read more

30 March, 2004 by Dinesh C Sharma

Simputer 'not just a poor man's PC

When you think of the Simputer, do you see images of farmers, fields and cows? Then you have... Read more

6 November, 2003 by John Lui

Ultra-cheap Linux portable targets developing nations

...commonly seen as a geek toy for affluent mobile professionals. However, the Simputer will change all that by bringing portable computing and the information age... Read more

11 January, 2002 by Ernest Khoo

New handheld aims to bridge digital divide

...handheld device aimed at bringing computing to Third World nations -- dubbed the "Simputer". The project conceived two-and-a-half years ago during an international... Read more

25 May, 2001 by Gary Krakow

The Bloor Perspective: Oracle's next gamble, India gets the Simputer, and X-Box issues

...to compete. We can expect more of the same soon Simply the Simputer In an attempt to overcome the problems faced within the Third World... Read more

23 April, 2001 by Bloor Research

AMD ditches low-cost PC

...the show. The PIC suffered the same problems that flops like the Simputer and other non-PC alternatives suffered. It had a slow processor and... Read more

14 November, 2006 by Tom Krazit

Intel launches Community PC platform

...land-line services. Previous PCs-for-the-poor projects, such as the Simputer and Nicholas Negroponte's $100 PC, have focused on making it possible... Read more

31 March, 2006 by Candace Lombardi

$100 laptop to be built in Taiwan

...to bring low-cost PCs to Brazil have failed several times. The Simputer, a cheap computer designed in India, fell flat, and AMD has not... Read more

14 December, 2005 by Michael Kanellos

Bringing computing to India's masses

...cuts costs without reducing functions isn't easy, as exemplified by the Simputer, a handheld computer designed for the masses. And many products face formidable... Read more

5 July, 2005 by Michael Kanellos

Windows isn't the only solution

...big computer manufacturers that has left it to the likes of the Simputer Trust, an Indian non-profit organisation, to build their devices. This particular... Read more

7 May, 2002 by Matt Loney

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

...by and for the Indian market is getting ready to roll. The Simputer -- Simple, Inexpensive, Multilingual -- is a slightly chunkier Palm-alike, runs Linux and... Read more

11 March, 2002 by Rupert Goodwins

AMD has the PC for developing nations

...device is not a new concept. Such a device, the Linux-based Simputer, is already available in India for prices starting at $250. Earlier, failed... Read more

29 October, 2004 by Sylvia Carr
GoDB 3.4

GoDB 3.4

...GoDB platform run on all PDA devices ranging from Pocket PC, Palm, Simputer, Laptops, Desktops, and operating systems like Palm OS, Linux, and Windows. GoDB... Read more

2 August, 2004

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

...by and for the Indian market is getting ready to roll. The Simputer -- Simple, Inexpensive, Multilingual -- is a slightly chunkier Palm-alike, runs Linux and... Read more

11 March, 2002

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