infoDev has updated its Quick guide to low-cost computing devices and initiatives for the developing world, the popular short inventory of known projects and programs aimed at introducing affordable ICT devices in developing countries.   Many of these initiatives explicitly target the education sector.

These projects run the gamut from small research projects at universities to field-based experiments run by NGOs to commercial products from small start-ups and large multinationals. Products are in various stages of development; while most are still in the prototyping and/or beta-testing stages, some are already in the market (and some, it should be noted, have been discontinued). They come in many form factors: Some look like conventional PCs or laptops, others look more like PDAs or phones, and some are somewhere in between.

The 'Quick guide' is available at infodev.org/devices-list.

This 'Quick guide' is complemented by a number of related updated briefing sheets, as well as infoDev's weekly round-up of news stories in this sector, available at infodev.org/devices-news.