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liliputing.com - 22 days ago

OLPC scraps XO-2 dual screen laptop, moves toward ARM-based XO-1.75

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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 instead focusing on an XO Laptop version 1.75.  ...

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olpcnews.com - 22 days ago

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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slashgear.com - 21 days ago

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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gizmodo.com - 21 days ago

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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OLPC XO Laptop Will Be An eBook Computer By 2012
I4U News — ... that appeared in 2008. Via Liliputing . Posted on Tue, 3 Nov 2009 09:08:57 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

OLPC shakeup: dual-screen XO-2 out, ARM-based XO 1.75 in
Engadget — ... ARM processor. Negroponte isn't completely giving up on the idea of a revamped OLPC, however, and says that model 3.0 will have a "totally different industrial design, more like a sheet of paper." That model apparently also includes "aspirational aspects" like an unbreakable, waterproof enclosure that's just a quarter inch thick, a full color, reflective and transmissive display with no bezel, 1W of power consumption, and (here's the real kicker) a $75 price tag by 2012. [Via Liliputing] ...

Rest In Peace, Ridiculous Dual-Screen OLPC XO-2 [Obits]
Gizmodo — ... 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] ...