Low Cost Computing In India


Network Magazine India: This is an excellent article on low-cost computing in India – it has dope on Simputer (short for Simple, Inexpensive, Multi-lingual Computer and costs about Rs 9,000 or $200) and Mobilis (touted as a mobile Desktop PC, which looks more like a Tablet PC, has a 15-inch LCD screen, 128 MB RAM, and instead of a hard disk it uses 128 MB of flash memory; entry-level costing Rs 10,000 or $238.)
By the way, the manufacturers of these two products intend to take them to mainstream computing market including household computing, small business computing, and professionals including lawyers, chartered accountants and doctors.
Two Bangalore-based bodies are responsible for the development and production of the Simputer

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