Which is the cheapest / low-cost hand-held computer (not mobile phone) available which even a por man anywhere in India can buy with little money?
If it can run linux, great.
On Wednesday 18 Mar 2009, Deboo wrote:
Which is the cheapest / low-cost hand-held computer (not mobile phone) available which even a por man anywhere in India can buy with little money?
A handheld is more expensive than a cell phone. If you are talking of eepcs LG is Rs.17500 afaik.
Wonder what poorman would afford that.
What exactly do you have in mind?
On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 11:31 AM, jtd jtd@mtnl.net.in wrote:
On Wednesday 18 Mar 2009, Deboo wrote:
Which is the cheapest / low-cost hand-held computer (not mobile phone) available which even a por man anywhere in India can buy with little money?
A handheld is more expensive than a cell phone. If you are talking of eepcs LG is Rs.17500 afaik.
Wonder what poorman would afford that.
What exactly do you have in mind?
I need a simple organizer. What is the cheapest hand held computer available in India that is fast or slow, big or small, preferably as low-cost as possible, so that I can store my appointments and email on it, and some light documents / shell scripting? I don't need it to be a phone necessarily, nor a camera, nor a radio. just something simple so I don't miss appointments, and also I can store some basic stuff. In the poorman's range.
Deboo
On Thursday 19 Mar 2009, Deboo wrote:
On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 11:31 AM, jtd jtd@mtnl.net.in wrote:
On Wednesday 18 Mar 2009, Deboo wrote:
Which is the cheapest / low-cost hand-held computer (not mobile phone) available which even a por man anywhere in India can buy with little money?
A handheld is more expensive than a cell phone. If you are talking of eepcs LG is Rs.17500 afaik.
Wonder what poorman would afford that.
What exactly do you have in mind?
I need a simple organizer. What is the cheapest hand held computer available in India that is fast or slow, big or small, preferably as low-cost as possible, so that I can store my appointments
Cell phone without sim
and email on it,
Now you need connectivity. so you need tcp stacks os memory, etc etc etc. Add Rs. 6000 to above cel phone
and some light documents / shell scripting?
Man why dont you first read something about computers. Next you will want guest os with rdbms.
I don't need it to be a phone necessarily, nor a camera, nor a radio. just something simple so I don't miss appointments, and also I can store some basic stuff. In the poorman's range.
Deboo
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:52 AM, jtd jtd@mtnl.net.in wrote:
On Thursday 19 Mar 2009, Deboo wrote:
On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 11:31 AM, jtd jtd@mtnl.net.in wrote:
On Wednesday 18 Mar 2009, Deboo wrote:
Which is the cheapest / low-cost hand-held computer (not mobile phone) available which even a por man anywhere in India can buy with little money?
A handheld is more expensive than a cell phone. If you are talking of eepcs LG is Rs.17500 afaik.
Wonder what poorman would afford that.
What exactly do you have in mind?
I need a simple organizer. What is the cheapest hand held computer available in India that is fast or slow, big or small, preferably as low-cost as possible, so that I can store my appointments
Cell phone without sim
and email on it,
Now you need connectivity. so you need tcp stacks os memory, etc etc etc. Add Rs. 6000 to above cel phone
and some light documents / shell scripting?
Man why dont you first read something about computers. Next you will want guest os with rdbms.
I don't need it to be a phone necessarily, nor a camera, nor a radio. just something simple so I don't miss appointments, and also I can store some basic stuff. In the poorman's range.
Deboo
Well, is there atleast some low-cost device that can at the least read PDF files? If not do any other things?
Deboo
On Wednesday 01 April 2009 06:44:16 Sachin Gopalakrishnan wrote:
I need a simple organizer.... <snip>..., so that I can store my
appointments
carry a small notepad the one which can easily fit into your shirt pocket. Works like a charm ... everytime!
too awkward - write notes on the palm of your hand - you will be amazed at how much can fit in.
Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
On Wednesday 01 April 2009 06:44:16 Sachin Gopalakrishnan wrote:
I need a simple organizer.... <snip>..., so that I can store my
appointments
carry a small notepad the one which can easily fit into your shirt pocket. Works like a charm ... everytime!
too awkward - write notes on the palm of your hand - you will be amazed at how much can fit in.
In school we had half pants and during exams we could write on our thighs too.
Deboo wrote:
Well, is there atleast some low-cost device that can at the least read PDF files? If not do any other things?
Mobile phone. The beginner model for a Nokia business phone costs about 12K only. It has pdf support.
http://www.nokia.co.in/find-products/products/nokia-e51/specifications
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13845_3-10204848-58.html I don't think they ship in india ( @ same cost)
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Sachin Gopalakrishnan mailme@sachingopal.com wrote:
too awkward - write notes on the palm of your hand - you will be amazed
at how
much can fit in.
In school we had half pants and during exams we could write on our thighs too.
no seriously!!
@deboo - try a netbook ..
SG
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Sachin Gopalakrishnan mailme@sachingopal.com wrote:
too awkward - write notes on the palm of your hand - you will be
amazed
at how
much can fit in.
In school we had half pants and during exams we could write on our thighs too.
no seriously!!
@deboo - try a netbook ..
SG
Why dont you go for a PSP(Playstation portable). you can surf the net view PDF, TxT,HTML documents and run many homebrew applications which you can do only after you have the custom firmware installed on it.You can even create your own programs for it and it costs around 8500 + 500 to install the custom firmware.
But i feel this option will be only fine if you are into gaming and i think the option to go for a netbook will be much better since you dont wanna go for a mobile.
Regards, Sushanth Poojary
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 9:11 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves lawgon@au-kbc.org wrote:
On Wednesday 01 April 2009 06:44:16 Sachin Gopalakrishnan wrote:
I need a simple organizer.... <snip>..., so that I can store my
appointments
carry a small notepad the one which can easily fit into your shirt pocket. Works like a charm ... everytime!
too awkward - write notes on the palm of your hand - you will be amazed at how much can fit in. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves
Sure it's cheapest and nice, but But BUT, I always forget jotting it down on paper when back home and remember that I washed my hands only after I have washed them.
On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 2:36 AM, Deboo knowledgeless@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 9:11 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves lawgon@au-kbc.org wrote:
On Wednesday 01 April 2009 06:44:16 Sachin Gopalakrishnan wrote:
I need a simple organizer.... <snip>..., so that I can store my
appointments
carry a small notepad the one which can easily fit into your shirt pocket. Works like a charm ... everytime!
too awkward - write notes on the palm of your hand - you will be amazed at how much can fit in. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves
Sure it's cheapest and nice, but But BUT, I always forget jotting it down on paper when back home and remember that I washed my hands only after I have washed them.
Actually I have a solution to my own problem and using it for some time. I'd like to share with you all. It's called a pocket mod. Very simple, made out of a single Letter or A4 sized printer paper.
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Rony gnulinuxist@gmail.com wrote:
Deboo wrote:
Well, is there atleast some low-cost device that can at the least read PDF files? If not do any other things?
Mobile phone. The beginner model for a Nokia business phone costs about 12K only. It has pdf support.
http://www.nokia.co.in/find-products/products/nokia-e51/specifications
-- Regards,
Rony.
NOKIA E51 is what I use these days and it's a pretty decent organizer plus it has an Adobe pdf reader in it in case you are looking specifically for PDF support.
The cost was 11 k when I purchased it back (some time in March-April) in my hometown Kochi.
Regards,
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Deboo -
jtd -
Kenneth Gonsalves -
Rony -
Sachin Gopalakrishnan -
sushanth poojary -
Vivek Varghese Cherian -
Yogesh Jadhav