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2nd Generation "$100 Laptop" Will Be an E-Book Reader

Posted by timothy on from the xo-is-a-nice-reader-anyhow dept.

waderoush writes "At a conference sponsored by the One Laptop Per Child Foundation this morning, OLPC founder unveiled the design for the foundation's second-generation laptop. It's actually not a laptop at all — it's a dual-screen e-book reader (we've got pictures). Negroponte said the foundation hopes that the cost of the new device, which is scheduled for production by 2010, can be kept to $75, in part by using low-cost displays manufactured for portable DVD players."

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  1. Bye bye books by 1155 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Bye bye books. We'll miss you!

    Maybe schools in the states can get these and stop spending my hard earned cash on books. Oh wait, they already paid for them. I used the same book my mom used in high school (her name was on it!).

    1. Re:Bye bye books by bsDaemon · · Score: 5, Funny

      Well, it is if she were a victim of abstinence-only education which, in addition to being boring and therefor not helpful, also fails to teach kids to put on a damned condom, then it would be the school district's fault.

      or Bush's... whichever option is worth more karma.

    2. Re:Bye bye books by value_added · · Score: 4, Funny

      Well, it is if she were a victim of abstinence-only education which, in addition to being boring and therefor not helpful, also fails to teach kids to put on a damned condom, then it would be the school district's fault.

      You've got to look at the bright side of life.

      Abstinence-only education tends to encourage casual oral sex (frequent, one would hope) as a substitute for losing one's virginity. Or making babies.

      Who could be against more blowjobs? Not me.

  2. laptop is an e-book reader? by hansraj · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have some beach-front estate to sell. It is not near any beach and it is actually a chair.

  3. Re:Obligatory by Frosty+Piss · · Score: 4, Funny

    But can it run Linux?
    No, but it's been certified Vista Ready, and they haven't even built one yet.
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  4. right, so? by SuperBanana · · Score: 4, Funny

    Negroponte said the foundation hopes that the cost of the new device, which is scheduled for production by 2010, can be kept to $75

    Is that 75 Real Dollars, or $75 Negroponte Distortion Field Dollars? And it'd be nice if the press actually took a stab at how realistic those "hopes" are- I mean, I hope that someday I'll shit strawberry-flavored lollipops while driving in my flying car, on autopilot while I bonk my supermodel wife...

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