Ugly, but I think that's part of the idea; they're extremely, uh, "distinctive" in part as a theft-deterrent. Also, consider the target audience: school kids, probably younger ones.
The hand-crank power supply thingie, ugly as it was on the prototype, makes some sense if you consider they're targeting developing world application, and in many cases the little darlings won't be able to just plug in a brick when they get home from school.
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SH @ Mar 4th 2006 1:59PM
Ugly, but I think that's part of the idea; they're extremely, uh, "distinctive" in part as a theft-deterrent. Also, consider the target audience: school kids, probably younger ones.
The hand-crank power supply thingie, ugly as it was on the prototype, makes some sense if you consider they're targeting developing world application, and in many cases the little darlings won't be able to just plug in a brick when they get home from school.
/SH