http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/1249 Comments for "Simputer" en http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/1249 <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-6"><table class="actable" width="470px" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr><td class="actable-left" width="175px" valign="top"> <div class="flexinode-textfield-23"> <strong>Managing Organization: </strong> Simputer Trust <br /><br /> </div> <div class="flexinode-textfield-38"> <strong>Activity URL: </strong> <dd><a href="http://www.simputer.org/ " TARGET="_blank">http://www.simputer.org/ </a></dd><br /><br /> </div> <td width="295px" valign="top" align="left"> <div class="flexinode-textarea-22"> <strong>Activity Description: </strong> The Simputer is a low cost portable alternative to PCs, by which the benefits of IT can reach the common man. It has a special role in the third world because it ensures that illiteracy is no longer a barrier to handling a computer. The key to bridging the digital divide is to have shared devices that permit truly simple and natural user interfaces based on sight, touch and audio. The Simputer meets these demands through a browser for the Information Markup Language (IML).<br class="clear" /></div> </td> </tr> </table> </div><p><a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/1249">read more</a></p> http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/1249#comment BOP Technology Activity IT Hardware Activity Software Activity Telecommunications and IT Activity Active Consumer For-profit Activity India Philanthropy Funded Private Investment Funded South Asia Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:44:54 -0400 admin 1249 at http://www.nextbillion.net