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• - 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.
  
• - 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,
  
• - Simputer made by Amida. Pictures, specs, FAQ and information.
  
• - The Simputer was to be half the cost of a PC. As the first devices reach market, that price point has spiralled upwards.
  
• - Innovative sub-$200 Internet device will help non-literate users. [PC World]
  
• - 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]
  
• - Indian scientists design a computer specially for the poor. [Asiaweek.com]
  
• - A non-profit group in India has created a simple, inexpensive, multilingual handheld device aimed at bringing computing to Third World nations — dubbed the Simputer. [MSNBC]
  
• - A tutorial introduction to programming the Simputer.
  
• - 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]
  
• - A simple handheld to bridge India's digital divide. [Technology Review]
  
• - Indian scientists and engineers develop a handheld computer to help the poor and illiterate join the information age. [BBC News]
  
• - Mailing list for discussions related to the Simputer.
  
• - High-tech whizzes in developing countries are cobbling together bare-bones "people's computers" -- dubbed "Volkscomputers" in Brazil -- to offer the poor a bridge to the Internet Age -- a market that major PC makers have overlooked. [w
  
• - Indian scientists invent cheap device enabling poor and illiterate to surf internet. [The Guardian]
  
• - Specifications, news and where to buy their Simputer.
  
• - Sachin Karol links to this Time Asia report about the Simputer. [Slashdot]
  
• - 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. [NewsForge]
  
• - 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]
  
• - A Simputer solutions company. The primary business is to use the Simputer as a building block to provide large scale IT solutions to International clients.
  
• - Site about the Simputer from Encore Technologies.
  
• - Answer to questions about the Simputer.
  
• - From Bangalore comes a spirited attempt to bring computers to the gigabyte-less masses. [TIMEasia.com]
  
• - Aims at developing low cost access device that can pervade the rural landscape, especially in third world countries.