Modern computers aren’t just a lot faster than the PCs you probably used ten or fifteen years ago — they also use a lot less power. But most computers designed to run desktop operating systems still use enough energy that they can’t, say, run directly off the power generated by a small solar panel. But OLPC is demonstrating that its…

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One Laptop Per Child and chip-maker Marvell are showing off the new XO 3.0 tablet at CES this week. The tablet has a 1024 x 768 pixel display and a 1 GHz Marvel ARMADA PXA618 processor, 512MB of memory, and can be configured with a standard LCD display or a Pixel Qi screen which is visible in direct sunlight. But…

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One Laptop Per Child might need to change its name soon, now that the organization is preparing to launch a $100 tablet. But the folks behind the original XO Laptop haven’t given up on cheap notebooks. In fact, they’re preparing to launch a new model in March. The XO-1.75 will feature a Marvell Armada PXA618 ARM-based processor. That’s the same…

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The folks that never quite manager to bring us the $100 laptop are at it again. This year the One Laptop Per Child group will be introducing an 8 inch tablet that sells for less than $100. The XO 3.0 will reportedly have a 1024 x 768 pixel display, a Marvell Armada PXA618 ARM-based processor, and 512MB of memory. The…

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OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte’s next big idea sounds crazy… and that’s probably because it is. PC Magazine reports he wants to airdrop cheap tablet computers into remote villages without providing any instructions, teachers, or other forms of support. But developing an inexpensive durable, ultraportable laptop that could be used in the developing world seemed like a crazy idea a few…

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The folks at One Laptop Per Child have been promising to offer a $100 tablet for the past few years, and now founder Nicholas Negroponte says it could be available early next year. Of course, cheap tablets are nothing new. We’ve seen dozens, if not hundreds, of inexpensive Android tablets come out of China in the past year or two. But…

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It’s easy to forget, what with tens of millions of low price, low power netbooks shipping over the last few years, but it’s likely that netbooks would never have hit the market if it weren’t for the OLPC XO Laptop. Nicholas Negroponte’s vision for a $100 laptop aimed at students in developing nations has turned into more of a $200ish…

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The One Laptop Per Child initiative is on the floor at CES 2001, and they’ve announced some rather exciting news on their official blog — the new OLPC XO 1.75 systems will feature an ARM-based CPU and support touchscreen input. The developer board (above) includes a 1GHz Marvell Armada CPU which consumes just two watts of power, and the new…

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The XO Laptop has a durable “membrane” keyboard which is designed to be water and dust resistant since the laptops were designed to stand up to harsh conditions in developing nations — and the abuse any computer can get at the hands of children. But an Australian Education Department IT officer noticed that kids like to pick at the keyboard,…

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The One Laptop Per Child group had hoped to show off the first version of its new tablet at CES in January, but according to founder Nicholas Negroponte, it looks like the tablet will be about 45 days late. Instead it will make its first appearance in February. PC World interviewed Negroponte about the project, and found that the organization…

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One Laptop Per Child founder Nicholas Negroponte tells Xconomy that the group has received a $5.6 million grant from chip-maker Marvell to develop low cost tablets built around Marvell’s low power chips. That’s not a huge surprise, since the two have been working together since earlier this year. But here’s what I learned from the Xconomy article that I didn’t…

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[/caption] One of the defining characteristics of the OLPC XO Laptop is the little computer’s distinctive green plastic design, which extends to the keyboard which has a membrane-style keyboard that’s resistant to spills and dust. But if you’ve ever actually tried using an XO Laptop, you may find the keyboard take s a little getting used to. More importantly, the…

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