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."

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Negroponte, please

[Gothmolly]

$75 for a tablet? You get to a point where the cost of the packaging and shipping exceeds the product. When you have a large portion of a continent with no infrastructure, where the only real business is the military, does putting cheap Chinese tablets in the hands of poor kids really help?