http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/ Engadget Comments for OLPC America will bring XO to the US http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/Jan 13th 2008 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/Jan 13th 2008 2:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/]]>Jan 13th 2008 1:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/Jan 13th 2008 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/Jan 13th 2008 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/Jan 13th 2008 3:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/Jan 13th 2008 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/
I have an Asus Eee PC and these sorts of devices are incredibly handy. Sure they're not as powerful as a full laptop but they more than make up for that because they're cheap, incredibly small and offer most of the functionality that anyone needs while they're out and about. In fact the only reason I have an Eee PC is because the OLPC has no consumer variant. Oh well, they've lost potential profit that they could have ploughed back into their educational version. ]]>Jan 13th 2008 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/
Engadget, you should make a poll asking whether people prefer eee or xo.]]>Jan 13th 2008 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/Jan 13th 2008 3:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/Jan 13th 2008 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/
So basically an entirely different machine?]]>Jan 14th 2008 12:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/
None of those changes are earth shattering. Asus manages to produce the Eee Pc in a range of colours and configurations. But it would mean the OLPC goes from just being an educational device to something people will buy for $300. Economies of scale kick in and the educational model becomes cheaper simply because the consumer model exists. On top of which the profits of the consumer model get ploughed back into the educational model making it cheaper again.

It makes absolute sense to produce a consumer model and it's insane that they don't. As a result people who wanted an OLPC have bought a Eee PC instead. So OLPC gets NOTHING. That's just dumb business by them since the demand was there. The demand is still there if they hurry and get a clue.]]>Jan 15th 2008 5:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/"Besides helping out kids at home, NickNeg anticipates that a domestic deployment will accelerate the project to critical mass in terms of adoption, software, and developer support."

smart move eh!]]>Jan 13th 2008 1:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/Jan 13th 2008 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/
And we all know how painful that can be.
]]>Jan 13th 2008 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/This thing is cheap, and still pretty cool, but I don't understand why cheap has to be so incredibly clunky and ugly. Doesn't is cost the same to mold plastic that looks cool instead something that looks terrible.

It's not 1983 anymore!]]>Jan 13th 2008 2:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/
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LOL this is a good way to mock the US of A. ]]>Jan 13th 2008 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/
I know I can't.]]>Jan 13th 2008 4:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/Jan 13th 2008 8:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/Jan 13th 2008 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/Jan 13th 2008 4:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/Jan 13th 2008 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/
Those comparing it to the EEE tend to ignore the OLPC's lower power draw, lower heat buildup, cheaper battery, larger screen, higher resolution screen, sunlight-friendly screen, tablet mode, integrated game controllers, durable shell, code reviewer (integrated with the GUI and apps), and water proof/resistant keyboard.

The external wifi antennas (which give the OLPC excellent range) combined with mesh networking are also quite cool. And the OLPC is completely open (including the BIOS).

Of course, I like the EEE too. It's be better for CPU-intensive stuff and if it had a 10" WXGA screen, I'd get one.]]>Jan 13th 2008 10:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/http://olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?board=12.0 to see how OLCP's biggest supporters are extremely frustrated with the insulting way they are being treated. You better hope that if they start selling a consumer version, they get their act together.]]>Jan 14th 2008 12:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/
Unfortunately, when people have asked me where they can get one (after seeing mine in a public wifi location), I have to tell them that XOs are no longer available for sale.

It's a shame that G1G1 didn't last a bit longer. It ended not long after the earliest donors started receiving their laptops, so there wasn't much time to get out and demo the device to friends and coworkers. The people who've seen the device in person take an interest in it.]]>Jan 14th 2008 1:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/
For the record, the complete forum -- encompassing all the positive as well as negative experiences of G1G1 -- can be found here:

http://olpcnews.com/forum/index.php ]]>Jan 14th 2008 1:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/
would this thing not be the PERFECT ebook reader:
-sunlight is no broblem
-should no problem to load/import pdf
- enough computing power to make notes in the file
- reasonable priced ( compared to all other ebook readers)

r.]]>Jan 14th 2008 4:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/Jan 14th 2008 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/13/olpc-america-will-bring-xo-to-the-us/The fact that you can just "recharge" without needing a power supply nearby, is perfect for those times you are not year a plug.
I'm not sure but it looks about the same size as the SONY, and then there is the fact that you can edit things if needed,secure the screen makes this an ideal cheap reader+
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