{"id":1327,"date":"2012-01-08T21:14:10","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T05:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iwasmisinformed.com\/?p=1327"},"modified":"2012-01-08T21:14:12","modified_gmt":"2012-01-09T05:14:12","slug":"xo-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iwasmisinformed.com\/?p=1327","title":{"rendered":"XO-3"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s real.<\/a> The One Laptop Per Child foundation has skipped right past the much-debated, long-delayed dual-display second-gen laptop and is apparently ready to deliver the tablet.<\/p>\n

And at first glance, it’s amazing. \u00a08-inch display on what looks like an original OLPC XO-1 with the keyboard half ripped off, able to run either Sugar or (!!) Android. \u00a0Bear in mind that the original XO-1 did have a touchable screen, so the idea of running Sugar on a tablet isn’t utterly insane, but a bare-bones install of Android might be a better idea if you want to keep the “open source” idea and still run the kind of things you’d want in a first world non-education setting.<\/p>\n

Which I do, believe me. \u00a0At $100 – and they think the production cost may come in even lower – this is as bare bones as you can get, but it’s a ruggedized 8-inch tablet that you could take out in the woods and recharge with a hand crank (literally), or take on a trip and not sweat it if you drop it into the Thames. \u00a0It’s probably too big to go in a coat pocket, but it’s proof of concept that you can build a tablet for a hundred bucks that brings a value proposition to the table.<\/p>\n

Gizmodo aptly points out that the XO-1 was basically the existence proof of the netbook, which Asus brought to market and everyone else jumped on. \u00a0The XO-3 may be the existence proof of the cheap-and-cheerful Android tablet, quite possibly the first way ever to get computing into a household for under a hundred bucks.<\/p>\n

All I can say is – the day they announce a Give One Get One for these things, the credit card is shooting out of the wallet all by itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s real. The One Laptop Per Child foundation has skipped right past the much-debated, long-delayed dual-display second-gen laptop and is apparently ready to deliver the tablet. And at first glance, it’s amazing. \u00a08-inch display on what looks like an original OLPC XO-1 with the keyboard half ripped off, able to run either Sugar or (!!) … <\/p>\n

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