Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 20th Jul 2012 19:16 UTC, submitted by MOS6510
"Nigeria's Saheed Adepoju is a young man with big dreams. He is the inventor of the Inye, a tablet computer designed for the African market. According to the 29-year-old entrepreneur, his machine's key selling point is its price - $350 opposed to around $700 for an iPad. He believes that, because of this, there is a big market for it in Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa, particularly amongst students. He is also hoping to sell his tablet - which runs on the Google Android operating system - to the Nigerian government and plans to have at least one computer in each local government area." Mobile phones have had a huge impact on Africa, so just imagine what tablets, with their larger screens and easier access to the web, can do. Amazing initiative.
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I think the iPad is more suited for the western way of living.
In Africa other things than consuming media are more important and having a device that doesn't require an app store is more usefull.
In Africa other things than consuming media are more important and having a device that doesn't require an app store is more usefull.
Right, but this isn't an Android vs iPad debate. This is a cheap-ass, barely-functional, will probably die in 3 months Android tablet vs iPad debate
Not to say that the tablet in question is as bad as the other bottom-of-the-barrel Android tablets, but if it is, better for it not to exist at all. If it's more along the lines of the Nexus 7 though, it should be alright.
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I think the iPad is more suited for the western way of living.
In Africa other things than consuming media are more important and having a device that doesn't require an app store is more usefull.
Africa isn't one of Apple's biggest regions of attention, precense or market value.