I wonder if there is any need for Simputers any more. If there was,
then wouldn't they be selling?

Puzzled,

Ahmad


--- In simputer@yahoogroups.com, Soumyanath Chatterjee <souchatt@...>
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> Hi Anupama,
>
> Simputers are handheld computer running on battery. So these should
be
> convenient for capturing data at the point of action. More over
these are
> immune to power cuts.
>
> Frankly, now we should have a version of simputer with wireless
> connectivity with Wifi. and choice of CDMA/GSM-GPRS.
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> Best regards
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Hi

> we are engaged in a study on " Gender Evaluation of E -Gram
Suraj
> scheme of chhattisgarh , India" .The simputers are used in
the
> scheme. Recently we have carried out a survey in 64
gram
>
panchayatas.

> Many of the Sarpanchas(Heads of the village self governance
unit)
> suggested that it would have been better if Computers would
have
>
been

> provided in place of Simputers. The reasons cited include 1.
The
> computers can be easily repaired at local level 2. Its easy to
get
> an expert of computer at village level 3. the bigger screen
of
>
computer.

>

> we are not technical persons hence we would like to know from
group
> the exact difference between A simputer and a computer and
why
> simputers are considered to be better than computers for
rural
>
setting.

>

> Dr. Anupama
Saxena

> Head, Department of Political
Science
> Guru Ghasidas University, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh,
India
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www.ggu.ac.in

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