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News OLPC unveils the Marvell-powered XO 3.0 Tablet at CES

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by brumgrunt, 9 Jan 2012.

  1. brumgrunt

    brumgrunt What's a Dremel?

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    steveo_mcg What's a Dremel?

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    News stories, finally; I for one have missed these.

    Good to see you again Gareth.
     
  3. Gareth Halfacree

    Gareth Halfacree WIIGII! Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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    It's good to *be* seen - it's been a while!
     
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    What would people ues them for? is it really powerfull enough to run anything meaningful?
     
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    do_it_anyway Minimodder

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    *XO 3.0 Tablet is designed for use in developing nations*

    I don't think the kids in developing nations are trying to run Crysis
     
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    Did they ever shift any of the older units (from a few years back)? After the initial media hype I never heard anything at all...
     
  7. Gareth Halfacree

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    It's been a reasonable success: according to the company's CTO, the original XO laptops "have been distributed to more than 2.4 million children in 42 countries and in 25 languages."
     
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    I want one.
     
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