[Hamara-devel] CHIP - The World's First Nine Dollar Computer on kickstarter.

[Vikas Tara]

On 12/05/15 15:34, shirish wrote:
> at bottom :-
>
> On 05/12/2015 01:30 PM, Vikas Tara wrote:
>> On 11/05/15 20:04, shirish wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> See
>>> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1598272670/chip-the-worlds-first-9-computer 
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Just goes to show how much of appetite such products and projects have.
>>>
>>> If this becomes popular (as backer backing shows) we may have to port
>>> hamara here as well. Shouldn't be too hard but still might have some
>>> niggles to work out.
>> Seems like a good effort - but backked by Allwinner? Not so sure about
>> that:
>> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=allwinner-stripped-symbols 
>>
>>
>>
>> I did read that they are charging $20 for shipping - so does that make
>> it a $29 computer? I guess we have to wait and see about that.
>
> I saw that and did see the net flame-up over the matter. I'm hoping 
> this will be resolved soon otherwise this could be a PR disaster for 
> the team behind CHIP. They are already funded, let's see how the story 
> develops.
>
One to follow closely - $9 price point really helps hamara cause!