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A D V A N T A G E S D I S A D V A N T A G E S

  • $10 is Ultra-Affordable
  • Uses TV screen instead of monitor: 1/2 of Indian households already own a TV
  • Decade worth of legacy 8-bit educational software (for the Apple II) that was tested and evaluated in American Schools
  • Existing Distribution Network; available in most major markets
  • Wide availability of existing content (hundreds of cartridges are for sale in the market)
  • Content can be programmed in BASIC, C, or Assembly
  • Many Inputs: keyboard, mouse, game controllers, light gun, floor pad, etc
  • TV is a social focus of the home, encouraging social facilitation of learning
  • Could potentially be redesigned, rebranded, and assembled in India
  • Cartidges enable modular computing (can add processing capabilities to the content itself)
  • Can be networked
  • Newsworthy and attention getting
  • Limited computational capacity
  • No Documentation
  • No modern content development market
  • No built-in regional languages
  • Can't display JPGs or GIFs, only 8-bit graphics
  • IP issues
  • Cannot run contemporary computer programs
  • Cannot access internet (yet)
  • May Break easily
  • No outputs ie, net, usb, bluetooth, printer, Flash memory
  • Potentially seen as 'low class' computing
  • Low margins for content developers



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