An interesting discussion thread for Change folks, including three articles polarizing the laptops vs. mobile phones discussion. <br><br>Joe Michiels<br><a href="mailto:jmich@u.washington.edu">jmich@u.washington.edu</a><br>
Foster School of Business, Class of 2010<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Stephane Boyera</b> <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:boyera@w3.org">boyera@w3.org</a>&gt;</span><br>
Date: Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 1:40 AM<br>Subject: laptop vs mobile<br>To: <a href="mailto:public-mw4d@w3.org">public-mw4d@w3.org</a><br><br><br><br>
Dear All,<br>
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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:<br>
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jan/13/one-laptop-per-child-cory-doctorow" target="_blank">http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jan/13/one-laptop-per-child-cory-doctorow</a><br>
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This article triggered some reactions in the community.<br>
I encourage the reading of <a href="http://manypossibilities.net/2009/01/mobiles-versus-laptops/" target="_blank">http://manypossibilities.net/2009/01/mobiles-versus-laptops/</a><br>
and<br>
<a href="http://whiteafrican.com/2009/01/26/africa-the-mobiles-vs-pcs-debate/" target="_blank">http://whiteafrican.com/2009/01/26/africa-the-mobiles-vs-pcs-debate/</a><br>
which are two great posts.<br>
<br>
Best<br>
Stephane<br><font color="#888888">
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