Simputer
Sign in to saveThe Simputer is a self-contained, open hardware Linux-based handheld computer that was first released in 2002, developed in, and primarily distributed within India. The product was envisioned as a low-cost alternative to personal computers. The Simputer project had the initial goal of selling 50,000 units, but only sold about 4,000 units by 2005, and has been called a failure by news sources.
Key facts
- Information appliance.dimensions
- 142mm x 72mm x 20mm206 gm
- Information appliance.touchpad
- Entire screen
- Information appliance.name
- Image:SimputerLogo.png
- Information appliance.image
- 200px
- Information appliance.manufacturer
- Picopeta
- Information appliance.type
- Handheld computer
- Information appliance.connectivity
- Infrared USB devices
- Information appliance.lifespan
- since 2002
- Information appliance.media
- Smart cardUSB storage devices
- Information appliance.os
- Linux
- Information appliance.input
- 320 x 240px touchscreenUSB keyboard
- Information appliance.power
- Lithium-ion battery
- Information appliance.cpu
- StrongARM SA-1110 206 MHz <0.4 W
- Information appliance.memory
- 64 MB
- Information appliance.display
- 3.8" 320 x 240 LCD screen (B&W/STN/TFT) displaying greyscale/4096/65536 cols
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The Simputer is a self-contained, open hardware Linux-based handheld computer that was first released in 2002, developed in, and primarily distributed within India. The product was envisioned as a low-cost alternative to personal computers. The Simputer project had the initial goal of selling 50,000 units, but only sold about 4,000 units by 2005, and has been called a failure by news sources.
==Design and hardware== The device was designed by the Simputer Trust, a non-profit organization formed in November 1999 by seven Indian scientists and engineers led by Dr. Swami Manohar. The word "Simputer" is an acronym for "simple, inexpensive and multilingual people's computer", and is a trademark of the Simputer Trust. The device includes text-to-speech software and runs the Linux operating system. Similar in appearance to the PalmPilot class of handheld computers, the touch sensitive screen is operated on with a stylus; simple handwriting recognition software is provided by the program Tapatap.