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Negroponte: OLPC Dropping XO-2

DailyWireless  Nov 03 09

The dual-screen XO-2 design has been killed by One Laptop Per Child, reports Xconomy and OLPC News. The Generation 2.0 XO laptop was to be a book-like pair of touchscreens, but would likely have been too expensive to build. Version 2.0 has been replaced by two things, according to Negroponte: Model 1.75, same [...] Full story...



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