Keepod Unite: $7 PC to bridge the digital divide
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Keepod Unite: $7 PC to bridge the digital divide
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#3If only it were so easy as just making these cute little computers, dropping them off in some slum with no supporting infrastructure, and saying "Good luck!"...
And that spiky-haired mascot...could you make a more loathsome looking thing?
Re: Keepod Unite: $7 PC to bridge the digital divide
#4How is this different to a normal install of Linux on a flash drive plus recycled PCs, exactly? The page is full of talk about how they're doing great things, but no real info on what the device actually is.
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#5I think it's just a usb stick with a bootable Linux OS on it? If so then honestly $7 is kind of expensive for that. I can get a USB stick for $5 and that's with postage from Amazon. I would think that in bulk and for charity you could get the prices down a lot more.
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#6"The $7 PC to bridge the Digital Divide and provide Personal Computing to 5 Billion people all over the World."
How is a flash drive a "PC" ?
Interesting idea, though... definitely solves the problem of people having to know a lot about security to benefit from it.
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#7Is the voiceover on that video computer synthesised speech? If so it must be the best I've ever heard...
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Re: Keepod Unite: $7 PC to bridge the digital divide
#9I think it's just a usb stick with a bootable Linux OS on it? If so then honestly $7 is kind of expensive for that. I can get a USB stick for $5 and that's with postage from Amazon. I would think that in bulk and for charity you could get the prices down a lot more.
If you add marketing, shipping, employees etc - the cost is actually extremely low.
Re: Keepod Unite: $7 PC to bridge the digital divide
#10Is the voiceover on that video computer synthesised speech? If so it must be the best I've ever heard...
I thought the same thing, though i'm quite sure it is a human speaking.