An interesting discussion thread for Change folks, including three articles polarizing the laptops vs. mobile phones discussion. Joe Michiels jmich@u.washington.edu Foster School of Business, Class of 2010 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Stephane Boyera <boyera@w3.org> Date: Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 1:40 AM Subject: laptop vs mobile To: public-mw4d@w3.org Dear All, In case some of you missed it, you would surely be interested in an article in the guardian about laptop vs mobile as the best way to offer development-oriented services: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jan/13/one-laptop-per-child-cory-d... This article triggered some reactions in the community. I encourage the reading of http://manypossibilities.net/2009/01/mobiles-versus-laptops/ and http://whiteafrican.com/2009/01/26/africa-the-mobiles-vs-pcs-debate/ which are two great posts. Best Stephane -- Stephane Boyera stephane@w3.org W3C +33 (0) 5 61 86 13 08 BP 93 fax: +33 (0) 4 92 38 78 22 F-06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France