Handheld Simputer targets India's unconnected poor

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If the makers of the Simputer get their wish, the audience for Internet
media will soon expand by 50,000. That's because the makers of Simputer, a
computer designed specifically for India's poor, hope to sell 50,000 of the
low-cost, handheld computers within one year. Simputer's designers hope the
gadgets will allow the Internet revolution to sweep the Indian countryside.
The $240 basic model runs on a 206MHz processor and 64MB of memory, and
includes an internal microphone, speakers and a six-hour battery. Users can
browse the Web and compose e-mails and documents by typing or writing
on-screen with a stylus. Simputers, the first computers designed and
manufactured in India, went on sale March 26.

Source:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3578309.stm