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Liliputing: OLPC scraps XO-2 dual screen laptop, moves toward ARM-based XO-1.75
Gizmodo: Rest In Peace, Ridiculous Dual-Screen OLPC XO-2 [Obits]
Gizmologia: La segunda generación del portátil XO con doble pantalla muere
| http://www.olpcnews.com/people/negroponte/negroponte_xo-175_goes_arm_xo-2_is_cancelled.html я бы даже купил этот новый #OLPC, он забавный 19 days ago |
| #OLPC might as well be dead; Negroponte cancels v.2 then announces vapourware v.3: http://bit.ly/ozCVq 11/6/2009 |
| ARM に触る良い言い訳になるからいいニュースでしょう。RT @610t: それはいいニュースなのか、悪いニュースなのか? RT @abee2: OLPC XO-2は中止。ARM版の1.75と全く新しい3へ http://bit.ly/ozCVq 11/3/2009 |
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
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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]
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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. ...



