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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Firewall: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Troll Patrol aka Ish Gebor: [qb] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Firewall: [qb] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Troll Patrol aka Ish Gebor: [qb] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Firewall: [qb] [IMG]http://www.africanspotlight.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Screen-shot-2012-02-02-at-9.26.27-PM-493x330.jpg[/IMG] Way-C Tablet: The First iPad Rival Made In Africa By A Congolese The Way-C is the first African tablet to rival the iPad. The name Way-C, which means “the light of the stars” in a northern Congolese dialect, was invented in Congo by 26-year-old Verone Mankou, under his company, VMK. The Android tablet is a little smaller than the iPad, and weighs 380 g. It has a 1.2GHz processor, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of internal memory and supports wifi. Battery life is 6 hours. The invention was made with dreams of bringing internet access to the masses. For now, it is only available in the Republic of Congo at Airtel Congo stores, a mobile telephone company that is a subsidiary of Indian group Bharti. It went on sale on Monday for $300 in Congo’s capital, Brazzaville, and in the oil port city of Pointe-Noire. The plan is for the Way-C tablet to be marketed in 10 countries in West Africa, and in Belgium, France and India, starting Feb. 15. While the Way-C was designed in Congo, it was assembled in China, to keep the price low and because of lack of factories in the central African country. On the official Way-C website, Mankou describes the tablet as being affordable without being a cheaply made product, and filling a gap in the market for a device catering specifically to Africans. On the official Way-C website, Mankou describes the tablet as being affordable without being a cheaply made product, and filling a gap in the market for a device catering specifically to Africans. According to Mankou, “Originally the idea was to design a low-cost computer to bring Internet access to as many people as possible.” [IMG]http://africanspotlight.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Screen-shot-2012-02-02-at-9.26.27-PM-300x220.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://africanspotlight.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Screen-shot-2012-02-02-at-7.50.55-PM-204x300.jpg[/IMG] http://www.africanspotlight.com/2012/02/02/way-c-tablet-the-first-ipad-rival-made-in-africa-by-a-congolese/ [/qb][/QUOTE]I think this guy was at the CES 2013. He still had the prototype back then. Critically seen, in specs it's a bit slow. I however think that the mobile Ubuntu platform would be a great opportunity in Africa. Some elaborating stuff. [IMG]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41CZSt5W3lL.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/special/egash.african.fractals.gif[/IMG] [i] So all these little PDAs and laptops -- every digital circuit in the world -- started in Africa. And I know Brian Eno says there's not enough Africa in computers; ... [/i] http://www.ted.com/talks/ron_eglash_on_african_fractals.html [/qb][/QUOTE]Interesting. Good info. [/qb][/QUOTE]A lovely information site, http://www.kumatoo.com/african_inventors.html http://www.kumatoo.com/arthur_zang.html [/qb][/QUOTE]Thanks. I think might have seen that before,but i do remember reading awhile ago that africans still invent and alot of it happens in nigeria and of course other places in africa and outside africa. I still will be posting more,but when i have more time later. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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