If a simputer is a simple computer then a computer is a ...? Ha .. got you there!
Chinmay in this post talks about the new Simputer. Read his post first.
First of all. I like it. It looks good and promises a lot of things. It'll be fun to have (and use) if you can afford it. But I emphasize on fun.
I had visited the PicoPeta website and the website of some other Simputer Licensee maybe 7-8 months back. Then I never felt these guys were anywhere close to launching the product .. and felt like this is another good initiative down the drain. But looks like they pulled a fast one! Let me first congratulate these gusy for the same. A cursory look at the Amida simputer reveals a sleek lil handheld .. at par with the iPaq or maybe any Palm one. It certainly holds it own against the competition and teaches them a thing or two.
But I doubt that the Simputer will achieve what it's creators said they wanted it to. Chinmay gets it right when he says it will be touted probably as a status symbol .. rather than a computer for the masses. Honestly if I wouldn't go for the simputer as my first computer, if I were short on moolah, still I would rather get a second-hand P2 or maybe even a P3 (in a few months?) for the same cost.
Finally ... I fear that the simputer may not be a status symbol of choice. (Ha ha). Reasons?
1. The competition has the same price range AND ..
2. the simputer has a 'Made in India' tag.
Sick as it may sound, I really fear that the 'Made in India' tag may itself go against it. I am not talking about quality etc ... just the tag .. if you want to tout something .. tout something phoren na!
Thats a good one Aniruddha....did u get the see any part of the match today....we are playing awesome cricket.....pls read my post.....Go INDIA!
Posted by: Gautam at March 31, 2004 10:38 AMDunno what effect 'India Shining' has had on the 'Made in India' tag...
Besides, it seems this one is technically superior to a most other PDAs - 2USBs - master and slave, smart card reader [which makes it a multiuser machine - a CDA]
It might just be useful in rural communities, if they can afford it...
Posted by: Chinmay at March 31, 2004 12:56 PMofftopic- did you write the stylesheet yourself, or did movabletype generate it WYSWYG?
A project for me for the summer... learning Java etc...
Posted by: Chinmay at March 31, 2004 01:00 PMMT supplies everything!
Posted by: aNYa at March 31, 2004 02:05 PMI M BACK.............
Posted by: Equinox at March 31, 2004 10:47 PMWelcome back dost.
Posted by: anya at March 31, 2004 11:21 PMThe research guide (IISc) of one of my colleagues had a hand in the devpt of the Simputer.
Wish I had studied under such a prof!
The reliance network is an example of a 'made in india' tag which is actually flourishing!
Posted by: Twilight Fairy at April 1, 2004 03:17 AMThe answer to your puzzle is ------->
complex computer.
I put together "com" in complex and "puter" from the word computer tocome up with the word computer.....like how you put simple and computer together.....Is this correct? When are you going to post the answer?
u got me there khan saab. quite right. on april 1st too!!
did u read the rest of the entry or just the first 3 lines? ;-)
Abdulmiyan.
Answer to you question is not possible.Because the question is not based on the fact.Simputer is not a word in the dictionary.
tommorow i will say scuter sc from scooter and uter from utter.
Am i right to answer the complex simputer question or is it stil unsolved.
Allah ho Akbar
Aapka islamidost
mail me all answer anya r u from pakistan.what is ur mulk.
Schizophrenic are we?
Posted by: anya at April 1, 2004 07:03 PMWhat do you exactly mean by schizophrenic.Are you refering to a psycological behaviour occuring in some humna beings due to their mind not beeing in good shape.Like people with diabolical personalities more of a Dr.Jekyll Mrhyde type or like Ed Norton in the movie Primal Fear.They r basically the same type of people.Schizophrenia is a disease:
A mental disorder that causes a separation between the thought processes and the emotions. Consumers may experience confusion of reality with hallucinations and/or delusions and may become paranoid. A change in personality with bizarre behavior may occur.
I think anya we should start a blog on this and then invite eminent psycologists world wide to this amusing blog
Islami dost
Posted by: Mohammedmiyan Lahori Khansahab at April 1, 2004 08:23 PM