'Poor-man's computer' to educate young Indians: The first assignment of a poor man's hand-held computer, developed in Bangalore, is to bring basic education to tribal children in central India. [Asia Times]
'Simputer' Aims at the Developing World: Innovative sub-$200 Internet device will help non-literate users. [PC World]
A Simple Plan: From Bangalore comes a spirited attempt to bring computers to the gigabyte-less masses. [TIMEasia.com]
About the Simputer: Answer to questions about the Simputer.
Amida Simputer: Simputer made by Amida. Pictures, specs, FAQ and information.
Encore's Simputer: Specifications, news and where to buy their Simputer.
Gear up for the launch of Simputer this month-end: The revolutionary computing product - Simputer - is all set for a nationwide launch by month-end. The product has been launched by Simputer Trust in association with Bangalore-based Encore Software Ltd and professors from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. [Financial Express]
Handheld PC bridges digital divide: Indian scientists invent cheap device enabling poor and illiterate to surf internet. [The Guardian]
How Can You Use A PC If You Can't Even Read?: Indian scientists design a computer specially for the poor. [Asiaweek.com]
India to Compute on the Cheap: 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]
Indian handheld to tackle digital divide: Indian scientists and engineers develop a handheld computer to help the poor and illiterate join the information age. [BBC News]
Linuxdevices.com - "Simputer" here, but costs too much: The Simputer was to be half the cost of a PC. As the first devices reach market, that price point has spiralled upwards.
Linuxgazette.com - Fun with Simputer and Embedded Linux: A tutorial introduction to programming the Simputer.
Low-cost 'people's computers' target developing nations to get poor on-line: High-tech whizzes in developing countries are cobbling together bare-bones "people's computers" -- dubbed "Volkscomputers" in Brazil -- to offer the poor a bridge to the Internet Age -- a market that major PC makers have overlooked. [workopolis.com]
PicoPeta Simputer Pvt. Ltd.: 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.
PicoPeta Simputers: A simple handheld to bridge India's digital divide. [Technology Review]
rediff.com - Simputer: Not for the common man any more: Three years ago, the Simputer was the biggest story to come out of the Indian IT industry. This is an update on its development and marketing.
Simple Inexpensive Mobile Computer: The Simputer: Sachin Karol links to this Time Asia report about the Simputer. [Slashdot]
Simputer's Ajit Anvekar: Keeping up the Open Source 'josh': Ajit R. Anvekar didn't grow up with a computer, in fact, he bought his own PC only about two years ago, but he has already contributed to one of the best examples of Open Source's potential effect on the digital divide. [NewsForge]
Simputer: the computer for the masses: For sheer versatility, the thingamajig is streets ahead of other gizmos. It's simple, it's portable. At about Rs 9,000 per piece, it's highly affordable. [rediff.com]
The Simputer Project: Aims at developing low cost access device that can pervade the rural landscape, especially in third world countries.
Yahoo Groups: Simputer: Mailing list for discussions related to the Simputer.