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Originally Posted by JSWolf
I know some people are on a tight/fixed budget. But there are places out there that will help get what's needed for free or inexpensive.
But if someone cannot afford $100, then that same person won't be using a Reader and thus, no eBooks and no Calibre.
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But maybe they'll be able afford the just announced Intex Smartphone at ₹2000, on which they can monitor vegetable prices, do their banking, listen to music, surf the web, call their brother, send tweets, view Mum's SMS - and oh, yes - read ebooks.
BTW - that's about $US35 - for a
smartphone.
And yes
Katsunami, I do know pensioners who have no known family members, for whom reading is one of the pleasures in life, and yes I do refurbish computers that my local government pick up from the kerb, and yes I do give them to St Vincent de Paul, Salvation Army and The Smith Family to give to those that need them - like disability pensioners and single mums with a couple of kids, and yes demand does exceed supply
The problem with giving them Linux is that the support available is pathetic and thin on the ground, with Windows they can ask a neighbour, a community centre worker, the meals-on-wheels lady, the local librarian, the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker.
BR