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Simputer
hits retail shelves
The Simputer is finally here for the retail buyer.
From April, three versions of the simple, hand-held device, including one
costing under Rs 10,000, will be available at showrooms in Bangalore and other
cities. It can also be booked online at www.amidasimputer.com.
It is also the first computer
to be designed and manufactured in India. Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Bel)
and PicoPeta Simputers launched
their version, ‘Amida’, some three years after the revolutionary device
was developed.
BEL is one of the two
companies that are manufacturing the Simputer under licence from PicoPeta. BEL
signed the agreement 18 months ago to make and market the product.
“It has been a long wait.
But I am sure everyone will agree, after experiencing the product, that the
Amida Simputer is worth the wait,” said BEL CMD, Mr Y. Gopal Rao. Several
versions of the Amida Simputer are on offer to cater to a broad spectrum of
people.
Amida, packs in several
innovations. It enables emailing, browsing the Net, games, organising budget;
it allows handwriting in any language, doodling on every screen, mailing these
scribbles with a single tap, gesture technologies that allow changing a page
or zooming of an image by a hand gesture.
“We have taken the first
steps of an Indian product company building a global brand,” said Prof Vinay,
Chairman, and Dr Swami Manohar, CEO of PicoPeta. They are among the four
co-developers of the Simputer.
BEL
has a capacity of 10,000 units a month and plans to make 50,000 units in the
first year. The basic Amida 1200 is priced Rs 9,950; Amida 1600 costs Rs
12,450 and the premium model, Amida 4200, Rs 19,950.
Interested?
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