$480??? And i thought the simputer was supposed to help bring computers to all levels of society. At that cost it wont get any farther than the current PC penetration and with so many competitors they can forget doing mass production runs.
bryan forst Uddami Computer Training Centre [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.uddami.org Original Message ------------------------------ Message: 11 Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 22:00:30 -0500 From: Taran Rampersad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [DDN] Update on the Simputer To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Dr. Steve Eskow wrote: > Taran, > > I ask you this publicly rather than privately, since others on this DDN list > may have the same question. > > How man US dollars does a "high end" Amida Simputer cost? > > Right now? $480. With an initial run of 50,000 manufactured, it's hard to compete with a Dell - so take that into consideration before you start making judgements. Oh - and you're asking for a comparison of a laptop to a palmtop. That's a little strange, but I'll go with it. I imagine if I bought more than 10, I could negotiate a better price. -- India.com free e-mail - www.india.com. Check out our value-added Premium features, such as an extra 20MB for mail storage, POP3, e-mail forwarding, and ads-free mailboxes! Powered by Outblaze _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
