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'Poor-man's computer' to educate young Indians - http://atimes.com/media/CI22Ce01.html
The first assignment of a poor man's hand-held computer, developed in Bangalore, is to bring basic education to tribal children in central India. [Asia Times]

'Simputer' Aims at the Developing World - http://www.pcworld.com/article/17401/simputer_aims_at_the_developing_world.html
Innovative sub-$200 Internet device will help non-literate users. [PC World]

A Simple Plan - http://www.time.com/time/asia/digital/magazine/0,9754,107313,00.html
From Bangalore comes a spirited attempt to bring computers to the gigabyte-less masses. [TIMEasia.com]

About the Simputer - http://anchlia.8k.com/aboutSimp.html
Answer to questions about the Simputer.

Gear up for the launch of Simputer this month-end - http://www.financialexpress.com/fe/daily/20001102/fco02022.html
The revolutionary computing product - Simputer - is all set for a nationwide launch by month-end. The product has been launched by Simputer Trust in association with Bangalore-based Encore Software Ltd and professors from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. [Financial Express]

Handheld PC bridges digital divide - http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,518681,00.html
Indian scientists invent cheap device enabling poor and illiterate to surf internet. [The Guardian]

India to Compute on the Cheap - http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2001/06/44642
In spite of the country producing some great tech talent, the vast majority of India's nearly 1 billion people haven't benefited from the IT revolution at all. [Wired]

Indian handheld to tackle digital divide - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1442000.stm
Indian scientists and engineers develop a handheld computer to help the poor and illiterate join the information age. [BBC News]

Linuxdevices.com - "Simputer" here, but costs too much - http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3491192396.html
The Simputer was to be half the cost of a PC. As the first devices reach market, that price point has spiralled upwards.

Linuxgazette.com - Fun with Simputer and Embedded Linux - http://linuxgazette.net/issue87/pramode.html
A tutorial introduction to programming the Simputer.

rediff.com - Simputer: Not for the common man any more - http://in.rediff.com/money/2003/sep/17spec.htm
Three years ago, the Simputer was the biggest story to come out of the Indian IT industry. This is an update on its development and marketing.

Simple Inexpensive Mobile Computer: The Simputer - http://slashdot.org/articles/01/05/02/1822219.shtml
Sachin Karol links to this Time Asia report about the Simputer. [Slashdot]

Simputer: the computer for the masses - http://www.rediff.com/money/2001/apr/24spec.htm
For sheer versatility, the thingamajig is streets ahead of other gizmos. It's simple, it's portable. At about Rs 9,000 per piece, it's highly affordable. [rediff.com]

Simputer's Ajit Anvekar: Keeping up the Open Source 'josh' - http://www.linux.com/articles/13216
Ajit R. Anvekar didn't grow up with a computer, in fact, he bought his own PC only about two years ago, but he has already contributed to one of the best examples of Open Source's potential effect on the digital divide. [Linux.com]

The Simputer Project - http://www.simputer.org/
Aims at developing low cost access device that can pervade the rural landscape, especially in third world countries.

Wikipedia: Simputer - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simputer
Presents the computer and provides information about its deployment, its weaknesses, and its current status.

Yahoo Groups: Simputer - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/simputer/
Mailing list for discussions related to the Simputer.

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