[vox] India touch screen computer

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> Subject: [vox] India touch screen computer
> From: Brian Lavender <brian at brie.com>
> Date: Sun, July 25, 2010 11:47 pm
> To: vox at lists.lugod.org
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> 
> Did you guys see this touch screen computer developed in India that is 
> supposed to go for $35?

Nice scoop. It says, running Linux, "the tablet supports web browsing,
video conferencing and word processing ..."

I'm assuming it runs Open Office and supports WiFi/ethernet. Hopefully,
you'll be able to attach a keyboard (maybe USB). Just as the phone
is growing, the laptop is shrinking.

> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10740817
> 
> brian
> -- 
> Brian Lavender
> http://www.brie.com/brian/
> 
> "There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to
> make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other
> way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies."
> 
> Professor C. A. R. Hoare
> The 1980 Turing award lecture
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