The American non-profit organization One Laptop Per Child has announced a new goal to create a Tablet PC for $ 100. One Laptop Per Child has been notified by the attempt to build a very cheap laptop for developing countries in which poor children an access to knowledge and education is to enable it. The model OLPC XO-1 remained the only product and was a constant price of $ 199 or the $ 100 mark for 2008 yet to break through the $ 50 mark for 2010.
Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the project, said that the organization was working on a new device and wanted to publish this already 2011th The first version of the tablet will still be made of glass and metal, the goal but it is an outdoor version with a robust plastic casing to create by 2012. This will be the price below $ 100, so that people in poorer countries and their governments can purchase the equipment for educational purposes.
According to a report in the New York Times, the first version of the tablet on a platform of Moby Marvell will be based and have as Android operating system. A color screen and a 3D graphics are also available, plus a Webcam and support for Flash. Through this first appeared useless features Negroponte hopes to also attract customers in rich industrialized countries to cut through the mass production of the unit selling price to only $ 75.
This is caused, inter alia, a competitor to the iPad: The measurements are approximately the same, however, the OLPC Tablet with 10.8 mm thinner than the iPad. In addition, the open platform enables a better experience for users, since there is no censorship and bans, as in the iTunes Store or Amazon Bookstore.
Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the project, said that the organization was working on a new device and wanted to publish this already 2011th The first version of the tablet will still be made of glass and metal, the goal but it is an outdoor version with a robust plastic casing to create by 2012. This will be the price below $ 100, so that people in poorer countries and their governments can purchase the equipment for educational purposes.
According to a report in the New York Times, the first version of the tablet on a platform of Moby Marvell will be based and have as Android operating system. A color screen and a 3D graphics are also available, plus a Webcam and support for Flash. Through this first appeared useless features Negroponte hopes to also attract customers in rich industrialized countries to cut through the mass production of the unit selling price to only $ 75.
This is caused, inter alia, a competitor to the iPad: The measurements are approximately the same, however, the OLPC Tablet with 10.8 mm thinner than the iPad. In addition, the open platform enables a better experience for users, since there is no censorship and bans, as in the iTunes Store or Amazon Bookstore.