Simple and Intuitive Simputer application to manage inventory and sales at a petrol pump (gas station)

The PicoPeta Simputer displays a spreadsheet similar to MS-Excel. Note how the keyboard at the bottom (called Tapatap) allows the user to input text with a few penstrokes

The PicoPeta Simputer is a full-featured and powerful handheld computer.

USABILITY

1. The Simputer can work anywhere

• Pocket-sized and handheld
• Rechargeable batteries with life upto 8 hours
• Wide range of power sources, including say, car batteries

2. Sleek design and display

• Colour display (being implemented)
• Back-lit display (being implemented)for use in the dark

3. Simputer can "read out" text in almost all the world's languagess

• Currently supported: Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, English
• Integrated speakers and soundcard

4. Literacy and knowledge of English not mandatory

• Consistent interfaces in Indian languages
• Icon-based interaction

FUNCTIONALITY

5. Shareability and auto-authentication

• Integrated SmartCard reader, so that one Simputer can be shared by many people
• SmartCard ensures that no elaborate identification process ("login"/"password") routine is necessary

6. Perfect for road warriors

• Easy Data capture (stylus, form-based data entry)
• Easy Data Access (connectivity with company databases through the Internet)

7. Familiar business tools

• Notepad
• Spreadsheet
• Calculator
• Image Viewer

8. Automatic Location Determination

• The Simputer can connect with GPS devices

CONNECTIVITY

9. Synchronize data with PC

• Several modes of connectivity with PCs, to transfer data to and from the Simputer

10. Print on the move and connect with everyday devices

• USB port
• Serial port
• Infrared Wireless Connectivity
• Built-in modem
• Connectivity with mobile printers
• Compatible with WLL (CDMA & CorDECT)

11. Surf the web on the fly

• Built-in modem
• Connectivity through phone lines to any ISPs
• Web browser

MULTIMEDIA

12. Play music and other audio, and record speech

• MP3 player
• Integrated speakers and soundcard
• Microphone

AFFORDABILITY

13. Low one-time cost

• Optimized hardware
• No software licenses on the basic Simputer
• Shareable

14. Low recurring cost

• No "planned obsolescence" of software and hardware