Comments on: Cherrypal Africa $99 Netbook: Too Cheap to be True? http://technabob.com/blog/2009/12/17/cherrypal-africa-99-dollar-netbook/ Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Weird Science Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:38:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris Meadows http://technabob.com/blog/2009/12/17/cherrypal-africa-99-dollar-netbook/comment-page-1/#comment-32369 Chris Meadows Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:35:09 +0000 http://technabob.com/blog/?p=24685#comment-32369 I interviewed the chairman of Cherrypal aout the Africa. Some interesting stuff came out. The specs on the website are not set in stone. They're what your computer will AT LEAST have. It may have better ones. They're basically obtaining budget parts or even whole pre-built systems inexpensively, rebranding them as Cherrypal Africas, and selling them for $99. The idea is not to sell netbooks cheap, but to get basic, bare-bones Internet access capability into the hands of people on the underside of the digital divide. http://www.teleread.org/2009/12/24/cherrypals-max-seybold-talks-africa/ I interviewed the chairman of Cherrypal aout the Africa. Some interesting stuff came out.

The specs on the website are not set in stone. They’re what your computer will AT LEAST have. It may have better ones. They’re basically obtaining budget parts or even whole pre-built systems inexpensively, rebranding them as Cherrypal Africas, and selling them for $99.

The idea is not to sell netbooks cheap, but to get basic, bare-bones Internet access capability into the hands of people on the underside of the digital divide.

http://www.teleread.org/2009/12/24/cherrypals-max-seybold-talks-africa/

]]> By: technabob http://technabob.com/blog/2009/12/17/cherrypal-africa-99-dollar-netbook/comment-page-1/#comment-32033 technabob Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:44:42 +0000 http://technabob.com/blog/?p=24685#comment-32033 They also sell a computer called the Bing. I wonder if they came up with that name before or after Microsoft. Somebody's gonna sue somebody over that. They also sell a computer called the Bing. I wonder if they came up with that name before or after Microsoft. Somebody’s gonna sue somebody over that.

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