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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. Re:Fool me once, shame on you by Greg_D · · Score: 1, Troll

    There is an enormous glut of Windows based freeware out there specifically tailored to the needs of children, many of which go above and beyond any Linux based edutainment package (and WAY more kid friendly). You're just angry because Microsoft is better at selling their software than you are at proseletyzing your bullshit.

    You, also, should go seek mental help, since you're obviously a paranoid shut-in hoping to waste your words of delusion in the hopes of gaining karma.