Hello All, This decision taken by the Indian Govt. might seem quite "backward or narrow", from our point of view. But, there is much sense in this decision...
*********** BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE *********** ... Well, I think the decision is more politically motivated than educational or developmental... There are...
There are low cost VOIP call facilities in most Internet Cafes. Call to anywhere, either to PCs or to phone line phones are now possible. If you use Skype it...
... I heard a story about some royal person. When he was told about lack of bread on the local shops, he suggested people should eat cakes instead. Repeat,...
... This project needs some serious thought. You are very correct in identifying, Laptop by themselves are no better than tiffin boxes. It needs some content,...
... Talk is cheap. The above poster gives a good example of the most brilliant technical solutions failing because "Lack of proper toilet system". Here's...
easlab@...
Aug 8, 2006 9:57 am
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Our friend here seems to be rubbishing any attempt to bridge the digital divide. So what is the digital divide? It is about the gross inequity in a persons...
Computer based peadagogy is fine but in a country where more than 1/3 of the kids are malnourished I wonder weather the money for comps could be used to keep...
... gross ... how ... known as ... suggest ... of ... not ... (rubbish) ... such as ... remained ... for ... polarised ... children of ... quite "backward ... ...
Do you want a PC? Or a simputer? What functionalities do you need? What are teh alternatives to meet those functionalities? At what cost? Alternatives? At what...
Well, its hard to get a nation on the same page. It seems harder to get a list serv or a group on the same page.. Just taking off from what has been advised...
Before 1980s the Comupters was as big as a room. The CRIS servers occupied several rooms space. Today about 1000 times more faster/powerful Desktop PC set...
... Yes - 'handheld', but why doesn't anybody mention the electric power, which is the most important fact. And why no x86-PC can compete with an ARM based...
easlab@...
Sep 14, 2006 4:06 am
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... I want a Cheap PDA Phone ... simputer and write my own interface software for it in simputer. This way I can have a cheap alternative to a PDA phone. Is...
Dharmaveer Singh
dharmaveer@...
Sep 14, 2006 5:33 pm
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Working from the bottom up 7DAYS, United Arab Emirates - 12 Sep 2006 ... cleaning agents. In India, Encore Technologies has produced `Simputer', a low-cost PC...
Dharmaveer Singh wrote: ... Yes so does the rest of the world. ... Do you mean the 'sim card' of a cell phone ? AFAIK these mave 'many pins/contacts' and the...
easlab@...
Sep 16, 2006 4:08 pm
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how do i get contacts to the management of simputer. want to sign a memorandum of understanding with them on possiblity of developing simputers for the african...
we want to explore the possiblity of your highly esteemed organization to partake in our summit for this year. and also the possiblity of been a technical...
Website: http://twcr.3cc.cc Fwd: The World Village Computer Revolution, please email the world and India. The World Village Computer Revolution Knowledge is...
The Simputer mailing list isn't an organization that can take part in Wire Africa's conference, but as Simputer Evangelist I can. I'll send you a separate...
EXCERPT: "Encore, one of the two companies that turned the concept of the Simputer into a finished product, has wisely diversified into products like the...
EXCERPT: On the contrary, countries like India have proven, through gadgets like the Simputer, that they are just as capable of developing their own homegrown...
... using computer at the cost of real experience is bad and detrimental for overall development. Indians are good at software, not because of availability of...
This article contains major inaccuracies. Notes below. ... Negroponte started to work with the Simputer before the collapse of the Asian Media Lab, and got...
This essay represents my 100th in a series of weekly bulletins I have written over the last two years. During this time I have written on a variety of...
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