By John Pavlus, Technology Review
Mobile computers are getting cheaper, but many people in the developing world can’t afford to get them connected to the Internet. Mobile computing is the fastest-spreading consumer technology in history, but the real change for the technology business is only just beginning. A devout Sikh, Suneet Singh Tuli, 44, has found his own way to live by his religion’s central belief of sarbat da bhala, or “may everyone be blessed.” He wants everyone in India to be on the Internet. To that end, Tuli’s London company, DataWind, is building very inexpensive tablet computers, which it assembles in China or with the help of support staff at its India offices. The idea, Tuli says, is to pair cheap tablets with ad-supported wireless service as a way to bridge the digital divide between poor and rich countries.
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