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	Simputer General Public License - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Simputer General Public License, or the SGPL is an open source hardware distribution license drafted specifically for the purpose of distributing Simputers.
		Any modifications made to the Simputer specifications may be used exclusively by the person making those modifications with no obligation to release the same to the public domain.
		The Simputers manufactured under the SGPL are required to be certified by the Simputer Trust before they are allowed to be sold under the Simputer trademark.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Simputer_General_Public_License (242 words)

	Simputer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		However, the Simputer was never designed to be a "poor man's computer" (a position often used by the media)- it was a device designed to help bridge the digital divide.
		While most people tended to look at the cost of the Simputer as a factor, they ignored the fact that the "cost of ownership" for the end-user of the device in villages was not the cost of the device, but the cost of the Smart card used to store the user's data.
		While the Simputer is not cheap when compared to PDAs available in the market at the time, this point is largely irrelevant, as it was not designed to be a PDA (which are used as PC companions) but as a standalone computer.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Simputer (969 words)

	Simputer, Hovering between Hope and Impatience
		Simputer's utility, therefore, is dependent upon how efficiently the Simputer group can turn the technological value of the product into something tangible for the masses as well...
		He presented the Simputer as an "innovative idea to bring information to the poor" at the annual meeting of Euforic, a European Development Policy group, that was attended by the European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid.
		Deployment of the Simputer platform: Extensive testing of the Simputer solutions in areas as diverse as citizen empowerment, education, microbanking, rural marketing and brand management for FMCG companies, etc. "These field trials will be leveraged to generate large demands for Simputer solutions", says Manohar.
	www.linuxjournal.com /node/6251/print (2277 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Archive Search
		From outside, the Simputer is nothing special: a grey box the size of an electronic organiser, with a fl and white screen and four chunky buttons.
		The Simputer, short for simple computer, promises to have as profound an impact on communications in the developing world as the clockwork radio of the British inventor Trevor Bayliss.
		The Simputer's most revolutionary feature, however, is that it eliminates the biggest single barrier to computer use in the third world: illiteracy.
	www.guardian.co.uk /Archive/Article/0,4273,4218095,00.html (926 words)

	Simputer: Computers for the Poor or an Idealistic Dream?
		The Simputer is a handheld computing device with a touch-sensitive screen that can carry out many of the services carried out by 'normal' computers.
		But Simputer's supporters say that while the size may be similar, the device is hardly an executive toy.
		In a ploy to speed up the device's development, Simputer's backers are doing all they can to encourage software developers to add their own improvements to its design.
	www.globalenvision.org /library/7/520 (1210 words)

	Simputer: Not a common man's device anymore
		For instance, PicoPeta's Simputer earlier was designed to run on AAA batteries, of both the regular and the rechargeable kind.
		At the IISC, where over 100 Simputers were given for trial, it did activities as diverse as creating a database on birds to monitoring wireless radio equipment on ships.
		In case of Encore, the Simputer is being used by the Dempo Mining Corporation at their weighbridges.
	in.rediff.com /money/2003/sep/17spec.htm (1966 words)

	Simputer: the computer for the masses
		The Simputer is aimed to be a shared computing device for a local community of users -- such as the village panchayat or the village school or a kiosk or a shopkeeper.
		The Simputer project was conceived during the organisation of an international seminar on information technology for developing countries, conducted during Bangalore IT.com, Karnataka's annual IT trade show, in October 1998.
		There are two options on the base Simputer for entering text: one is a soft keyboard, that can be brought up on the touch screen and you poke at it to enter one character at a time.
	www.rediff.com /money/2001/apr/24spec.htm (1926 words)

	SIMPUTER™ GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
		The Simputer™ General Public License (the “SGPL”) has been generated along the lines of the GNU General Public License but, due to the essential dissimilarities between the intellectual property being distributed, is significantly different.
		If you have made any Simputers™ based on modifications to the specifications which you received under the SGPL, you must ensure that those modifications are eventually published so that all purchasers and recipients thereof or other future developers of Simputers™ may benefit from the modifications you made to the Simputer™ specifications.
		We also require that every Simputer™ be manufactured with reference to two identities: (a) the name Simputer™ and (b) the name of the manufacturer of that particular version of the Simputer™.
	opencollector.org /hardlicense/sgplv1.html (2258 words)

	Simputer General Public Licence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The simputer Trust recognizes that you may develop devices that are similar to the simputer and that utilize some of the features of the simputer specifications, but which do not achieve all such specifications.
		The Simputer Trust also requires that every simputer be manufactured with reference to two identities : (a) the name simputer and (b) the name of the manufacturer of that particular version of the simputer.
		The Simputer Trust may, at its discretion, charge you a one-time lump-sum license fee in respect of such license to manufacture and distribute and for the use of the simputer trademark.
	www.boson2x.org /article.php3?id_article=9 (2462 words)

	Simputer - a Whatis.com definition
		The device, which provides mostly image and voice-based interactivity, was developed to overcome two seemingly insurmountable problems in bringing the information age to the third world: the prevalence of poverty, which makes it all but impossible to purchase a computer, and the prevalence of illiteracy, which makes it all but impossible to use one.
		The Simputer Trust was formed in 1999, with members from the Indian Institute of Science, and Encore Software (a Bangalore-based company).
		Simputers will be marketed to villages, businesses, and individuals at some later date.
	whatis.techtarget.com /gDefinition/0,294236,sid40_gci799430,00.html (389 words)

	Computer reinvented
		For its creators, the Simputer is just the starting point of what they believe will be an explosion of technological improvements on the original model, refinements that will stay in the public sphere.
		The Simputer can have a range of applications, although its creators would like to see it being used on a mass scale for functions such as micro-banking through cooperatives and post-offices, railway ticketing, data collection, and in general, for the many uses that village communities can put it to.
		The Simputer's creators have given off their talents free of cost, and, in keeping with the objectives of the Trust, the IISc and Encore Ltd passed on all intellectual property to the Trust.
	www.flonnet.com /fl1810/18100890.htm (1170 words)

	Simputer(TM): What: is a Simputer? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		A local community such as the village panchayat, the village school, a kiosk, a village postman, or even a shopkeeper should be able to loan the device to individuals for some length of time and then pass it on to others in the community.
		The Simputer Trust is the coming together of academics and technologists from industry with a broad imperative of harnessing the potential of the Simputer for the benefit of all sections of society.
		The Simputer Trust is a registered non-profit trust with the broad goal of harnessing the potential of Information Technology for the benefit of the weaker sections of society.
	www.simputer.org /simputer/about (578 words)

	.: www.youthXchange.net - SIMPUTER: SIMPLE, INEXPENSIVE, MULTI-LINGUAL :. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Thanks to its hardware specifications, the Simputer is accessible in local language and it is designed in such user-friendly manner that it can be used also by illiterate people.
		The Simputer could play “a special role in the third world because it ensures that illiteracy is no longer a barrier to handling a computer.
		A local community member such as the village panchayat, the village school, a kiosk, a village postman, or even a shopkeeper should be able to loan the device to individuals for a determined length of time and then pass it on to others in the community.
	www.youthxchange.net /main/ai134_simputer.asp (362 words)

	Simputer Case
		"The Simputer is a low cost portable alternative to PCs, by which the benefits of IT can reach the common man. 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.
		"There are two options on the base simputer for entering text: one is a soft keyboard, that can be brought up onthe touch screen and you poke at it to enter one character at a time.
		But if you insist on entering tons of text using the Simputer, you may be able to attach a USB keybaord.
	www.alexandrasamuel.com /teaching/developmentcases/simputercase.html (393 words)

	Asiaweek.com \| How Can You Use A PC If You Can't Even Read? \| 6/29/2001
		When children in rural villages near Bangalore were shown the Simputer for the first time, their reaction was amazement.
		Inspiration for the Simputer, says Chandru, was the transistor radio that became popular in Indian villages in the 1970s.
		To make the Simputer affordable, the team had to take a different approach from that used in normal commercial PC development.
	www.asiaweek.com /asiaweek/technology/article/0,8707,132690,00.html (700 words)

	First retail Simputer runs embedded Linux
		PicoPeta Simputers of Bangalore, India, has launched the first retail versions of the Simputer, conceived as a Linux based 'platform for social change' that could inexpensively bring easy-to-use computers to rural Indian villages.
		The "Simputer" was first described in a concept paper presented at the first Bangalore IT.com conference in 1998.
		All three Amida Simputer models are based on a 206MHz processor, and include a three-pin RS232 serial port, two USB 1.1 host ports, and one USB 1.1 device port.
	www.linuxdevices.com /news/NS5108992809.html (728 words)

	WorldChanging: Tools, Models and Ideas for Building a Bright Green Future: Simputers Now Available
		March 29, 2004 4:19 PM We've mentioned the Simputer before -- a simple-to-use, rugged, hand-held computer intended for users in the developing world -- but always with a "coming soon" caveat.
		The screen is touch-sensitive, allowing for writing or drawing directly into programs; the mid-range and high-end versions also have a motion sensor to allow for gesture navigation, such as rocking the device to "turn the page." The tech specs are decent, if not outstanding.
		The Simputer is clearly built with an Indian audience in mind; it isn't simply a global version of Linux (or Windows) with some Hindi window-dressing slapped on.
	www.worldchanging.com /archives/000513.html (280 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Technology \| Simputer for poor goes on sale
		The Simputer was officially launched on Friday and the basic model costs around $240.
		The Simputer is the first computer to be designed and manufactured in India.
		People can use the Simputer to surf the net, send e-mails or organise their finances, using a stylus to write on screen.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/technology/3578309.stm (329 words)

	New handheld aims to bridge digital divide \| Tech News on ZDNet
		Simputer's creators are quick to point out that it's not a PC but more like a pocket computer.
		That's so one Simputer can be shared by many individual users with his or her own wants and needs.
		Earlier this month Simputer's software packages were posted on the Web site for developers to begin checking out.
	news.zdnet.com /2100-9595_22-529860.html (1154 words)

	EETimes.com - Developers unveil low-cost computer for third-world nations
		Dubbed Simputer, for simple computer, the sub-$200 pocket computer is the result of two and a half years of research and design work conducted at the prestigious India Institute of Science here, in collaboration with Encore Software Ltd., also based here.
		Simputer can support applications ranging from electronic cash transactions to Internet browsing, and is designed so several people can share the machine — even users who can't read.
		The Simputer Trust, a non-profit group that backed the Simputer's development, opted to bypass the Windows operating system after determining that it was unsuitable for a low-cost machine.
	www.eetimes.com /story/OEG20010509S0044 (784 words)

	CIOL : News : Simputer — bridging the digital divide
		The Simputer looks similar to the better known handhelds, and like them is operated by tapping on its screen with a stylus.
		The Simputer -- short for simple, inexpensive, multilingual computer -- is intended to help the two-thirds of one billion Indians who live in rural areas.
		The Simputer also has the advantage that several users, for example a village council, can share a single device by storing their data on interchangeable smart cards.
	www.ciol.com /content/news/2003/103073103.asp (895 words)

	Encore's Simputer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Simputer is targeted as a shared computing device for a local community of users.
		A local community such as the village panchayat or the village school, or a kiosk, or even a shopkeeper should be able to give this device out to individuals for a specific period of time and then pass it on to others in the community.
		The Simputer is a mobile computer platform and will be applicable in several applications of mobile computing.
	www.ncoretech.com /simputer (600 words)

	BBC News \| SCI/TECH \| Indian handheld to tackle digital divide
		Trials of the Simputer should begin in August, and it could be widely used by early 2002.
		The team expects that although Simputers are relatively cheap, £150, they are designed to be used by lots of people.
		The Simputer project is being mirrored in other regions such as Japan, where the Morphy One is being developed, and in Brazil, where a VolksComputer is being designed.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sci/tech/1442000.stm (549 words)

	Fun with Simputer and Embedded Linux LG #87
		You are exploiting the idea that the program running on the Simputer is watching for data over the serial line - the program does not care whether the data comes from minicom itself or a script.
		In the case of the Simputer, this bootloader is called `blob' (which I assume is the boot loader developed for the Linux Advanced Radio Terminal Project, `Lart').
		The Simputer has small buttons which when pressed act as the arrow keys - these buttons seem to be wired onto the general purpose I/O pins of the ARM CPU (which can also be configured to act as interrupt sources - if my memory of reading the StrongArm manual is correct).
	www.linuxgazette.net /issue87/pramode.html (2036 words)

	CIOL : News : Desi Simputer makes heads turn
		With the cool reception the Encore Software’s Simputer received three years ago still fresh in everybody’s memory, the Amida Simputer is clearly targeted at the urban technophile.
		The Amida Simputer can send across email in longhand as a viewable vector, but you can’t convert it into text yet once you receive it on your desktop PC or Mac, until a suitable compiler is available for download on Amida’s product website.
		Granted, but when the Simputer emerged as the dominant rural communication idea during its nascence in the late ’90s, its pioneers envisioned the invention to remove illiteracy as a barrier to handling a computer.
	www.ciol.com /content/news/2004/104032901.asp (1357 words)

	Charity.com: Simputer (USA)
		Detailed Description: Simputer (USA) is a non-profit, charitable organization, ruled under the Internal Revenue Service 501(c)(3), and was established in July 2002.
		Simputer (USA) will collect your computer equipment, repair it, install licensed software and Internet access, and then distribute the refurbished computers to needy students, as well as schools and community organizations.
		Simputer (USA) can also use donated professional services in the areas of legal assistance, accounting, and technical consulting.
	www.charity.com /charities/charity_listings/331.shtml (323 words)

	CNN.com - $200 "Simputer" set for November roll-out - August 20, 2001
		The Simputer, short for Simple, Inexpensive and Multilingual, is the brainchild of the Simputer Trust, one of whose key trustees is the chief executive officer of Bangalore-based Encore Software.
		Encore expects to sell about 100,000 units of the Simputer in the first year of operations with the figure increasing to between 250,000 to 350,000 in two years.
		The Simputer, powered by an Intel chip offers a 32 megabit memory and can be shared by users through a "smart card" reader which stores personal information.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/BUSINESS/asia/08/20/india.simputer (485 words)

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