[geeks] Hey, it's cheaper than an iPhone...

[Geoffrey S. Mendelson]

On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 08:55:46AM -0500, Lionel Peterson wrote:

> IIRC (and I could be wrong, so take with a grain of salt), their
> price-point was based on large-scale shipments to individual
> governments, and I imagine while they wouldn't rule out a large sale to
> an NGO like, say, CARE, the organization would have to order more than a
> few villages worth at a time...

Interesting. The Indian effort is based on a $10 target. 

Geoff.
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