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HiVision Linux Laptop: Wins where the OLPC fails
fashionfunky.com - 9/10/2008
HiVision Linux Laptop: Wins where the OLPC fails
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The OLPC came out with a lot of fanfare claiming to be cheap enough for every child in developing nations to have his or her own laptop. This would ensure that no ones life would remain untouched by technology. Unfortunately, by the time the OLPC became real ; it was too expensive to make this ...

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Gizmodo:  HiVision Shows Off Sub-$100 Linux Mini Laptop [Umpc]

$98 Linux Laptop from China - The HiVision MiniNote (video)
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$98 Linux Laptop from China - The HiVision MiniNote (video)
— youtube.com — HiVision makes one of the worlds cheapest Linux laptops at $98 using a new cheaper chipset, WiFi, 1GB flash storage, it runs Linux, 3 USB ports, Ethernet, SD... (more) $98 Linux Laptop from China - The HiVision MiniNote (video)
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$98 Linux Laptop - The HiVision miniNote
techvideoblog.com - 9/8/2008
$98 Linux Laptop - The HiVision miniNote
— techvideoblog.com — Please Digg this video if you think it’s cool at http://digg.com/linux_unix/98_Linux_Laptop_made_in_China_2 HiVision makes the worlds cheapest Linux laptop at $98 using a new cheaper MIPS based processor (perhaps the Longsoon or the Ingenic), ... (more) $98 Linux Laptop - The HiVision miniNote
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techvideoblog.com - 9/3/2008
$98 Linux Laptop - The HiVision miniNote
— techvideoblog.com — Please Digg this video if you think it’s cool at http://digg.com/linux_unix/98_Linux_Laptop_made_in_China_2 HiVision makes the worlds cheapest Linux laptop at $98 using a new cheaper MIPS based processor (perhaps the Longsoon or the Ingenic), ... (more) $98 Linux Laptop - The HiVision miniNote
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HiVision Shows Off Sub-$100 Linux Mini Laptop [Umpc]
Gizmodo — ... USB ports, Ethernet, an SDHC card reader, WiFi, audio in and out, voice-chat and Firefox browser support on a Linux user interface. No word who this is being marketed towards, but with a price tag that low, maybe this will end up being the device that fulfills Nicholas Negroponte's much criticized mission. The video above is Tech Video Blog's review of Hivision's miniNote (hmm, naming conflict with HP in the near future?) at IFC 2008. [ Tech Video Blog via The Earth Times] ...

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