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OLPC scrap dual-display XO-2; single-sheet “model 3.0 slate” in works

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Nov 3rd 2009 1 Comment

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 like a sheet of paper”.  Speaking to Xconomy, the outspoken exec also sought to redefine the initial, well-publicized aim of “the $100 laptop” in terms of total cost of ownership: $1 per child per week to buy, maintain and connect the machine.

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OLPC XO-2 to be open-source hardware

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Feb 3rd 2009 No Comments

OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte has revealed that the OLPC XO-2 – the dual-touchscreen sequel to the XO-1 – will be released with an open-source hardware design.  Describing the approach “as if we were Google”, compared to the first-generation notebook which was “designed as if we were Apple”, Negroponte says that all hardware components – including the dual displays and the touch-sensitive, force-feedback, haptic keyboard – will be available to third-parties to develop.

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AMD not replacing Geode SoC: current generation likely to be last

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Jan 27th 2009 No Comments

The current range of Geode chips may be the final AMD develop, according to company spokesperson Phil Hughes, with AMD focusing on more mainstream chips rather than the ultra-low-power market.  Geode is a System-on-a-Chip (SoC) product, with an x86 processor core, a graphics core and other components on one single chip, with the latest Geode LX running at up to 600MHz and requiring between 0.9W and 5W.  It’s used in the OLPC XO laptop, among other things, suggesting that the One-Laptop-Per-Child project may have to look elsewhere for the core of their replacement XO-2 notebook.

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OLPC XO-1 WinXP edition: slow start-up but shows promise

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Aug 6th 2008 No Comments

After Microsoft and the OLPC project made their OS deal official, we all knew Windows XP was going to end up on the XO-1 notebook.  Laptop Mag scored an invite to check out the system, which will begin shipping with XP as a dual-boot option in September.  XP runs from a separate SD card hidden behind the screen, and currently the XO-1’s own internal 1GB of flash memory is not accessible.  Start-up speeds are lower than promised, too; Laptop Mag have a video of it in action, but all you really need to know is that where Microsoft promised 50 seconds, it actually took 1 minute 24 seconds. 

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ASUS demo MultiTouch dual-screen notebook and new Slate Tablet

By Chris Davies on Friday, Jun 6th 2008 No Comments

Not much information on this, yet, but according to early reports this is a dual-touchscreen notebook prototype from ASUS.  Buried in among the Eees and projector-sporting laptops at Computex 2008, the device uses two MultiTouch-capable LCD panels, with the lower display used for a QWERTY keyboard and touchpad.  The concept is similar, in fact, to OLPC’s XO-2.

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OLPC XO-2 has native MultiTouch, haptic feedback likely

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, May 28th 2008 No Comments

The OLPC team probably predicted that their ever-so-slick XO-2 renders would prompt some “is it feasible?” critique, mainly due to its inclusion of dual-touchscreens.  Intended to fold down the middle like a book, the two screens would serve either as facing pages or as a screen and virtual keyboard.  Pixel Qi, the company set up by former OLPC chief technology officer Mary Lou Jepsen, will be responsible for providing the display panels themselves, and she’s been answering some questions on what functionality the XO-2 will carry and how a $20 touchscreen price-point is feasible.

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SlashGear Week in Review – May 25th

By Chris Davies on Sunday, May 25th 2008 No Comments

After a few weeks of budget, mobile laptops grabbing the headlines, its been the turn of monstrous gaming machines to storm the limelight.  Acer announced their first serious gamer’s desktop, the Aspire Predator, which is intended to take the breed out of the boutique and into mainstream computer stores.  Alienware struck back with an updated Area-51 ALX; the industry’s first overclocked 4GHz Core 2 Extreme aimed to put Acer back into their place.

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OLPC XO-2 concept: $75 for dual-touchscreens by 2010?

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, May 20th 2008 1 Comment

It’s tricky, as a tech company, predicting how people will react to your latest shiny concept.  In OLPC’s case, I’ve a sneaking suspicion that many will be saying “concentrate on hitting that promised $100 price-point with your current laptop” rather than spending too much time cooing over a render that really looks too good to be true (even for the estimated 2010 launch).  The OLPC XO-2 has dual-touchscreens and can be used in traditional laptop orientation, via an on-screen keyboard, or as an eBook with the hinge running down the middle. 

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