IMHO a computer that is usable within the hour by a one year old goes far beyond "wow factor" and well into contribution realm.
At a new location, can they identify the correct wireless network to use, and enter the password?
Or do they just use an easy subset of what the ipad offers? We don't go "Wow! the toy piano is easy enough for a toddler to use!" and gush over it, because we know the toddler isn't using the piano like some virtuoso.
I am saying it is not on the same order of magnitude as fucking electric lighting.
Why must this be difficult?
If its not effective for all, forever, its just a blip on the time line. A thousand years from now we will remember Einstein.
Jobs? Not so much...
In Ghana, more than 60% of people have a mobile phone, but that wouldn't be possible if the development of the hardware (both for the actual devices and the network infrastructure) hadn't been made cheap by years of development paid by the rich countries.