Let’s be realistic, maintenance and keeping these things running in rural Africa will be tricky business. I mean that for Kenyans and for everyone else, keeping technology up in the bush or rural areas is just plain tough. Granted, they say that there will be hardier ones coming up after this pilot project is over, but we’ve all seen what happens to stuff even if we’re just in Nairobi – it gets beat all to hell.
I too question the use of a PDA. If they’re determined to use technology, they might as well go for something easier to use and read. Try a tablet PC (even more breakable, but I’m sure they could make one “rugged”).
Something about this whole thing rings of a fundamentally unsound strategy.
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