Indian scientists and engineers develop a handheld computer to help the poor and illiterate join the information age.

Answer to questions about the Simputer.

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.

Aims at developing low cost access device that can pervade the rural landscape, especially in third world countries.

Innovative sub-$200 Internet device will help non-literate users.

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)

From Bangalore comes a spirited attempt to bring computers to the gigabyte-less masses

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Indian scientists invent cheap device enabling poor and illiterate to surf internet. [The Guardian] (June 9, 2001)