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OLPC scrap dual-display XO-2; single-sheet “model 3.0 slate” in works
slashgear.com - 11/4/2009
OLPC scrap dual-display XO-2; single-sheet “model 3.0 slate” in works
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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 “totally different industrial design, more ...
OLPC scraps XO-2 dual screen laptop, moves toward ARM-based XO-1.75
liliputing.com - 11/3/2009
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 ...

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Negroponte: XO-1.75 goes ARM, XO-2 is canceled
olpcnews.com - 11/3/2009
Negroponte: XO-1.75 goes ARM, XO-2 is canceled
— olpcnews.com — 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 ... (more) Negroponte: XO-1.75 goes ARM, XO-2 is canceled

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Rest In Peace, Ridiculous Dual-Screen OLPC XO-2 [Obits]
gizmodo.com - 11/4/2009
Rest In Peace, Ridiculous Dual-Screen OLPC XO-2 [Obits]
— gizmodo.com — It has always been an unspoken fear—or assumption, even—that the dual-touchscreen followup to the original OLPC, the... XO-2 , would never come to pass. But we let the dream live! Until today: the XO-2 is officially scrapped . Almost worse ... (more) Rest In Peace, Ridiculous Dual-Screen OLPC XO-2 [Obits]

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CrunchGear:  Dual-screen OLPC design binned; get ready for the OLPC tablet

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Dual-screen OLPC design binned; get ready for the OLPC tablet
CrunchGear — ... moot, seeing as the entire landscape of tech will have changed by then. So I guess the CrunchPad and Apple Tablet aren’t in danger just yet. Hell, we’ll probably be on version 3.0 ourselves by that time. But while the consumer tech market is a moving target, third-world literacy and grassroots education are always welcome. Even though Negroponte has pretty much said that this is a business endeavor and not a charitable one, it may yet do a lot of good. [via SlashGear]

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