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OLPC To Sell 7-Inch XO Tablet In Wal-Mart

Posted by Soulskill on from the time-to-consider-a-rename dept.

angry tapir writes "One Laptop Per Child is back in the tablet race, announcing a new 7-inch tablet with the Android OS that will be sold commercially and include its learning software. The XO Tablet was announced at the International CES show in Las Vegas. OLPC will license the design to Sakar International, which will sell the tablet in the U.S. through Wal-Mart."

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  1. Re:So does this mean that by MrEricSir · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Walmart is a third-world country now?

    Walmart is enormous, its workers are paid poorly, and occasionally there's safety issues with their products.

    So yes, Walmart has always been a third-world country.

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    There's no -1 for "I don't get it."
  2. Two years too late by BuypolarBear · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A few years ago when there weren't many choices in the market there was a lot of demand for them to release one of their devices as an inexpensive, low power computing device. That time has passed. Now days the market is flooded with cheap alternatives. They've waited too long, they're way too late. Unfortunately they don't stand a chance.

  3. Re:Too little, too late by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If the tablet also has the dual-mode Pixel Qi display, that would be a notable differentiator.

    You misunderstand "the OLPC concept" if you think its time has passed.

  4. Significant departure from OLPC's original vision by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Cannot help but notice that this is a significant departure from OLPC's original vision. Just consider:

    * Uses proprietary software.components
    * No sugar-UI (the open source educational UI in use in 3 million XO laptops)
    * Seems OLPC just picked a random android tablet off the market and added a green cover to it. Does not look rugged, and easily repairable at all (like all OLPC laptops till date).
    * No sunlight reflective screen
    * No mention of Negroponte
    * Closed door development

    If I were squinting hard enough, this wouldn't look like anything OLPC has been involved in ever since it started out.