http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/ Engadget Comments for Switched On: Cheapest laptop boasts rich innovation http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/just my 2 cents : Lets put technology into the hands of our children first. "charity starts at home" I would love to see 100 kids on my free hotspot doing their homework research and a little Im.

http://www.sawifi.tk]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/Everything runs doom.
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Only 1 gig of flash memory is needed to hold OS files and a few documents. Kids could use networked storage space through their schools or purchase USB memory keys. It's designed for kids to use for educational purposes and it's more than sufficient for that purpose.

I think they did a great job with it.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/
Open source makes this possible! No other OS could provide anwhere near the versatility of Linux and be free to boot]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/Hehe. Yes, you CAN boot Linux for free.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/
I WILL own one of these.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/
Backed by disrupters? What the hell does that mean? ;)]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/"what are they going to do with laptops that isnt possible with chalk and textbooks? Any time we got to use a computer in elementary or high school was for leisure time."
I don't mean to be disrespectful, but might be because of your age or where you grew up. I am 28 and started to learn how to program in kindergarten in NYC, continued with 4 years of programming in high school in Fort Lauderdale.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/
http://beta.news.com.com/Wikibooks+takes+on+textbook+industry/2100-1025_3-5884291.html?]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/I can just see live aid 2010 now - millions of starving africans living in shelters made out of these things. They've got no food and no source of clean water but hey!, they've got a laptop.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/
Martin Tibbitts]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/
Still, I'm kind of lovin' this project. Great idea to make technology so affordable. Very cool design, too.

And yes, AlphaSmarts (especially the new AlphaSmart Neo) are wonderful devices but cost too much. (Software is buggy, too.) If this $100 laptop gets off the ground, AlphaSmart won't have much of a market anymore unless they lower their prices to the sub-$100 range.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/
Summary:
http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2005/09/creating_the_10.html

Podcast:
http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2005/10/audio_of_negrop.html]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/1) it's a completely static system, every piece of software and driver written for it can be completely optimized for that hardware (this is assuming that the suppliers of components won't change and compatibility issues won't arise)
2) Reasonably portable and cheap, with usb for expansion, and multiple input methods.


Throw out a fully optimized linux distro for it, and anything is possible, varients could also be targetted at various industries, medical, government, retail, industry, and many more. This has the potential to change the way we interact with our world around us, and all simply for the price.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/05/switched-on-cheapest-laptop-boasts-rich-innovation/
A good example of how affordable technology helps is in the innovative use of mobile communication across Africa. “Already the west has started to look to Africa and the developing world for new ideas as to where to take the technology next,” reports BBC.
http://www.bbcworld.com/content/clickonline_archive_29_2005.asp?pageid=665&co_pageid=3
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