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OLPC tablet to have dual-mode screen, run Android, be at CES 2011
May 28th
The program’s leader, Nicholas Negroponte, showed off some renderings of the XO-3 tablet, and at an . The occasion for the presentation was a partnership with Marvell, whose extremely low-cost tablet design surfaced a few months ago. They’re working with Marvell () to produce this new tablet, which they are hoping will cost only $75.
The tablet will show at CES 2011, but it won’t be final, said Negroponte: the main difficulty is getting the construction to be all-plastic, and by the start of 2011 they will likely still have to rely on a glass screen. He said it would use an ARM processor and run Android at first, although the final product will probably feature their own custom OS. The first prototypes we’ll see will be more Moby-like and less XO-like, so don’t get your hopes up about those renders.
Pixel Qi has ‘several more’ partners since CES, is working on new form factors
Feb 26th
There’s nothing, nothing, we love more than . And though this may not be a case of some , we still appreciate Mary Lou Jepsen giving us a fresh update on the development of those delectable . As you already know, CES provided us with our first opportunity to see one (in the shape of the ) and we were left highly impressed with the versatility and responsiveness of the hybrid display. Since then, Mary Lou and company have recruited a few more partners and, while production of the 10-inch units is ramping up , new form factors are also being contemplated. She still won’t tell us any names, but we’re excited by the possibility of (relatively) pocketable Pixel Qi devices — how does a with a 40-hour battery life sound?
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