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==Design and hardware==
The device was designed by the Simputer Trust, a non-profit organization formed in November 1999 by seven [[India]]n scientists and engineers led by Dr. [[Swami Manohar]]. The word "Simputer" is an [[acronym]] for "simple, inexpensive and [[multilingualism|multilingual]] people's computer", and is a [[trademark]] of the Simputer Trust. The device includes text-to-speech [[software]] and runs the [[Linux]] [[operating system]]. Similar in appearance to the [[PalmPilot]] class of [[mobile device|handheld computer]]s, the touch sensitive screen is operated on with a [[Stylus (computing)|stylus]]; simple [[handwriting recognition]] software is provided by the program Tapatap.

The Simputer Trust licensed two manufacturers to build the devices, Encore Software, which has also built the Mobilis for Corporate/Educational purposes and the SATHI for Defence purposes, and PicoPeta Simputers, which released a consumer product named the Amida Simputer.

The device features include [[touchscreen]], [[smart card]], Serial port, and [[USB]] connections, and an [[Infrared Data Association]] (IrDA) port. It was released in both greyscale and color versions.