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Negroponte: XO-1.75 goes ARM, XO-2 is canceled
Negroponte: XO-1.75 goes ARM, XO-2 is canceled
This morning I woke up to find an e-mail in my inbox which contained a link to an xeconomy.com interview with Nicholas Negroponte. While reading it over breakfast I managed to spill my tea because I couldn't believe I was really seeing the words I was looking at. XO-2 development canceled? An ...
OLPC scraps XO-2 dual screen laptop, moves toward ARM-based XO-1.75
OLPC scraps XO-2 dual screen laptop, moves toward ARM-based XO-1.75
liliputing.com — Remember that dual-touchscreen concept machine that the One Laptop Per Child folks were working on? Yeah, it’s... toast. In a recent interview, OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte told Xconomy that the team is killing off the XO-2 project and ... (more) OLPC scraps XO-2 dual screen laptop, moves toward ...
Negroponte Hints At Paper
hardware.slashdot.org — waderoush writes "In May 2008, Nicholas Negroponte, chairman of the One Laptop Per Child Foundation, unveiled an... e-book like design for the second-generation XO Laptop , consisting of a pair of facing touchscreens. In a new e-mail interview, ... (more) Negroponte Hints At Paper
OLPC scrap dual-display XO-2; single-sheet “model 3.0 slate” in works
OLPC scrap dual-display XO-2; single-sheet “model 3.0 slate” in works
slashgear.com — OLPC chairman Nicholas Negroponte has revealed that the twin-display OLPC XO-2 2.0 project has been scrapped, in... favor of an updated – but cosmetically identical – revamp of the existing 1.0 XO-1 model and a new, model 3.0 that has ... (more) OLPC scrap dual-display XO-2; single-sheet “model 3.0 ...
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OLPC scraps XO-2 dual screen laptop, moves toward ARM-based XO-1.75
Liliputing — ... going to happen, they’re already thinking about version 3.0 which could feature “a single sheet, completely plastic and unbreakable, waterproof, 1/4″ thick, full color, reflective and transmissive.” The goal is for the XO 3.0 to run on just 1W of power and cost $75. The team is shooting for a 2012 release. If that all sounds rather ambitious, that’s because it is. But so was the first XO laptop, which sparked the netbok revolution. via OLPC News Post from: Liliputing > > OLPC scraps XO-2 dual screen ...

Rest In Peace, Ridiculous Dual-Screen OLPC XO-2 [Obits]
Gizmodo — ... a half of buildup for his last project with a passing comment, so take it with a grain of salt. Whatever happens next—and mind you, things aren't looking too great for the project as a whole—this is a sad situation. As ambitious as the project was, and as little chance as it ever had to come to pass, it was a rare phenomenon: it was genuinely cool, tied to a reputable organization and conceived with a good cause in mind. And now it's dead. [Xconomy via OLPC News via Liliputing] ...

La segunda generación del portátil XO con doble pantalla muere
Gizmologia — ... ha decidido dar un cambio de diseño a toda esta segunda generación. Se cambian por dos versiones, una llamada versión 1.75 basada en el diseño que el primer portátil XO pero con procesadores ARM más rápidos. ...

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