The main problem with the XO/give-one deal is that however good these may be (and my 6 year old loves his), they're greatly crippled when not among others of their kind.
Add in mesh networking and the collaboration and sharing that enables and suddenly these little things become real stars.
And all of you who quibble over its looks forget the target market is NOT tech-addled Western adults. Hell, it's not aimed at Westerners at all: remember how hard Negroponte argued against selling it here? It was only financial realities that forced him to go the G1G1 way, at all. So, yeah, compare it unfavorably to an eee all you want, it's not the comparison the targeted audience would/will be making.
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The main problem with the XO/give-one deal is that however good these may be (and my 6 year old loves his), they're greatly crippled when not among others of their kind.
Add in mesh networking and the collaboration and sharing that enables and suddenly these little things become real stars.
And all of you who quibble over its looks forget the target market is NOT tech-addled Western adults. Hell, it's not aimed at Westerners at all: remember how hard Negroponte argued against selling it here? It was only financial realities that forced him to go the G1G1 way, at all. So, yeah, compare it unfavorably to an eee all you want, it's not the comparison the targeted audience would/will be making.