OLPC's XO-3 Prototype Tablet Coming In 2010

itwbennett writes "During an interview Tuesday at the MIT Media Lab, OLPC project founder Nicholas Negroponte said that the group will have a working prototype of the XO-3 tablet by December of this year. 'At CES [2011] we will show a tablet that can be and will be used for children probably in the developed world,' Negroponte said. 'You'll see from us, God willing, an ARM tablet,' he said. 'The screen area will probably be a 9-inch diagonal, maybe more.' The most important feature will be a dual-mode display that will allow it to be used indoors and outdoors. Price: $75."

Comments

Only two problems ...

[GNUALMAFUERTE]

1 - If it'll only be done 'god willing', then we have a problem because there is no god.
2 - We've already seen what happened to the OLPC project. It's a nice idea, but this guys are just circle jerking, Negroponte dreams, but can't deliver.
3 - The market is already heading there. There is no need for the OLPC. There are already countless netbooks for well under 100 dollars in China. There are 100 dollar touchpads. I think the foundation should focus on the hardest part, step 2: Getting governments, the UN, or whoever to invest in this stuff, and just import the best and cheapest alternative from China and install proper software on it.