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OLPC scrap dual-display XO-2; single-sheet “model 3.0 slate” in works
slashgear.com - 11/3/2009
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 ...
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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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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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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Negroponte Outlines the Future of OLPC—Hints at Paperlike Design for Third Generation Laptop
xconomy.com 11/3/2009 — IT , One Laptop , Hardware Wade Roush wrote: After the October 24 announcement that the Internet Archive is about to make 1.6 million e-books available free to children with XO Laptops from the One Laptop Per Child Foundation , we ...
OLPC aexs dual-screen XO, switches to ARM — Electronista | The Macintosh News Network
The One Laptop Per Child Association, the manufacturer behind the OLPC notebooks, has axed its plans to build a dual-screen XO device, according to an Xconomy interview with the group's founder and chairman, Nicholas Negroponte. The second generation notebook, originally announced in May of ...
OLPC scraps XO-2 dual screen laptop, moves toward ARM-based XO-1.75 — Asus Eee News, Mods, and Hacks
Submitted by Brad Linder - The XO-2 with the dual touchscreen displays is dead. Instead the next XO Laptop will have an ARM processor and the same chassis as the current model. The next model after that could be the one to watch though. Details at Xconomy and Liliputing .  ...
OLPC XO Laptop Will Be An eBook Computer By 2012 — I4U News
There is some information about the OLPC project of Nicholas Negroponte. Apparently the 2nd generation OLPC XO laptop will be only a hardware upgrade of the current model and OLPC focuses on a completely new design for the 3rd generation which is supposed ...