Cherrypal

Both in “poorer” countries than in “richer” states are mobile computers with Internet access affordable for everyone. IT development projects like One Laptop per Child (OLPC) will also help children in the developing countries access to modern education.

Apparently even Cherrypal from Hong Kong is now marketing this idea obviously. Cherrypal attributes the idea for the Billignotebook “Africa” but a certain Philip Kyei Appiah, who will be according to their own information founder of PAAJAF Foundation.

PAAJAF is a humanitarian organization in Accra, Ghana. The website of the “organization” but provides only a PO Box address, and many sites do not have the correct linking. An account for donations is indeed indication exists, a concrete idea of those responsible were not.

But even with Cherrypal are probably justified doubts about the motivation for the Billignotebook. According to information from one Cherrypal Tristate lifestyle brands, a small group of “innovative” (read “inventive”) marks in the heart of Kowloon, Hong Kong. So far so good.

For such a serious one but the other “activities” of the group considered, each reader to decide themselves. In any case, the resourceful “Lifestyler advertise” on fairthinker.com with empire-maker slogans such as “cyber-wealth for everyone – Legitimate Internet Income Opportunities” and larrydating.net larrydating.com, respectively, equal to larrykiss.org also still with a dating service Beverly Hills, United States, called “SugarRomance Lifestyle Personals.

Back to the advertised laptop Africa: The basic unit is to give it to the sales price of 99 U.S. dollars. They are the equivalent of around 69 euros. An elaborate equipment is of course not possible for this price. Thus, the Africa will also provide only a slow 400-MHz processor and 256 MB of labor and 2 GB of flash memory. The 7-inch display must make do with a resolution of 800 x 600 pixels.