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• About the Simputer - Answer to questions about the Simputer.
• Amida Simputer - Simputer made by Amida. Pictures, specs, FAQ and information.
• Indian handheld to tackle digital divide - Indian scientists and engineers develop a handheld computer to help the poor and illiterate join the information age. [BBC News]
• Linuxgazette.com - Fun with Simputer and Embedded Linux - A tutorial introduction to programming the Simputer.
• PicoPeta Simputer Pvt. Ltd. - 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.
• The Simputer Project - Aims at developing low cost access device that can pervade the rural landscape, especially in third world countries.
• Simputer's Ajit Anvekar: Keeping up the Open Source 'josh' - 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]
• Yahoo Groups: Simputer - Mailing list for discussions related to the Simputer.

• Linuxdevices.com - "Simputer" here, but costs too much - The Simputer was to be half the cost of a PC. As the first devices reach market, that price point has spiralled upwards. (October 23, 2003)
• rediff.com - Simputer: Not for the common man any more - 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. (October 17, 2003)
• 'Poor-man's computer' to educate young Indians - 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] (September 22, 2001)
• How Can You Use A PC If You Can't Even Read? - Indian scientists design a computer specially for the poor. [Asiaweek.com] (June 29, 2001)
• India to Compute on the Cheap - 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] (June 28, 2001)
• Handheld PC bridges digital divide - Indian scientists invent cheap device enabling poor and illiterate to surf internet. [The Guardian] (June 9, 2001)
• Simple Inexpensive Mobile Computer: The Simputer - Sachin Karol links to this Time Asia report about the Simputer. [Slashdot] (May 2, 2001)
• A Simple Plan - From Bangalore comes a spirited attempt to bring computers to the gigabyte-less masses. [TIMEasia.com] (April 30, 2001)
• Simputer: the computer for the masses - 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] (April, 2001)
• Gear up for the launch of Simputer this month-end - 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] (November 2, 2000)
• 'Simputer' Aims at the Developing World - Innovative sub-$200 Internet device will help non-literate users. [PC World] (June 23, 2000)

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