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Comment author: Thecommexokid 12 February 2015 05:58:21PM 0 points [-]

I think an optimal system if resources are no issue

What resources would be required for this?

an app

On what platform? As I commented on another reply, many of our student attendees come from poor districts so I don't want to assume every student has a smartphone.

Comment author: ChristianKl 13 February 2015 12:28:31PM 0 points [-]

The cheapest android phone I can find seems to be sold for 32.17$ (Rs. 1,999) in India (http://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/jivi-launches-cheapest-android-based-smartphone-in-india-at-rs-1999-594264).

On what platform?

Likely Android and IOS.

Comment author: Lumifer 13 February 2015 03:53:28PM 1 point [-]

The cheapest android phone I can find

The cheapest android phone you can find is used, a few years old, and your neighbour is selling it for 5 euros...

Comment author: ChristianKl 13 February 2015 04:52:57PM 0 points [-]

The cheapest android phone you can find is used, a few years old, and your neighbour is selling it for 5 euros...

I wouldn't know where to buy 100 phones for 5€ each.

Comment author: gjm 13 February 2015 01:51:29PM 0 points [-]

The Amazon reviews suggest that it's a really terrible phone.

(It's also worth noting that in many cases most of the cost of owning a smartphone isn't in the nominal price of the device but in what you pay for network service. If you buy that smartphone, how much more do you have to pay to make it actually connect to the internet?)

Comment author: ChristianKl 13 February 2015 04:08:48PM 1 point [-]

If you buy that smartphone, how much more do you have to pay to make it actually connect to the internet?)

I think most universities do have WLan in which devices can login.

The Amazon reviews suggest that it's a really terrible phone.

On Amazon.com there LG Realm for 40$ and Kyocera Event for 30$. The LG Realm has 4.4 out of 5 stars average on Amazon.

Comment author: Lumifer 13 February 2015 03:54:33PM 1 point [-]

Unless you treat that smartphone as not a phone, but a tiny computer. Wi-Fi is free, usually.