India Officially Launches Simputer 197
aravind writes "The Communications and IT Minister, Pramod Mahajan, has launched India's indigenously developed low-cost handheld Personal Computer -- Simputer -- at an IT and Communication expo, SMAU 2002, in Milan. A low-cost handheld PC on GNU/Linux working through a browser for international markup language IML, priced at Rs9000 (less than $200). 200Mhz StrongArm processor, 32MB DRAM, 24 MB flash, touchscreen, speakers, USB, text-to-speech, MP3 capability ... " Look here for some of the previous stories we've run on the Simputer.
... and you poke at it... (Score:5, Funny)
Q: How do I enter text? Can I attach a keyboard?
A: There are two options on the base simputer for entering text: one is a soft keyboard, that can be brought up on the touch screen and you poke at it to enter one character at a time...
I guess they took it to the point that that even the description is simplified.
Re:Posted @05:14AM EDT? (Score:4, Funny)
Funniest typo ever.
from the FAQ (Score:5, Funny)
A: You must be a
This could be trouble... (Score:1, Funny)
Be afraid.
Re:from the FAQ (Score:4, Funny)
Re:from the FAQ (Score:2, Funny)
A: You must be a
Which would be no. Your average slashdotter has to strain a little just to imagine a Beowulf cluster of those.
Re:... and you poke at it... (Score:4, Funny)
Do they mean to poke at the Simputer? or something else...perhaps the person sitting next to you.
Stranger: Hey, stop that.
User: I was only trying to use my computer. It says to poke.
Stranger: You must use AOL, too, huh?
User:
Ahh, humor, it cures all forms of frustration.
Even the frustration of being unable to poke people.