This is good news all the way around, and not just for developing countries. The sheer quantities of units that may flow into these locations will surely bring economies of scale and more resources focused on technology development and product design.
And my personal hope is that people this sort of door into news and education will revolutionize lives. It's great to see, even if there are some false starts along the way.
The reason I like the laptop approach in conjunction with phones is that I'd like to see people become participants in computing, not just receivers of information or connectivity. For example, with a mobile phone you can reach friends and get wikipedia information which is great, but you aren't likely to be learning to code very much like some especially bright and industrius people might try on a laptop, even if they don't have much help and information around them. Even though they may not have educational resources like school classes, there are enough resources on the internet that some might just be able to do development with a laptop.
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