[OLPC-Asia] Hands-on with the 7-inch XO Tablet, OLPC's first consumer device (video)

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http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/07/hands-on-with-the-xo-tablet/

[image: Handson with the XO Tablet, OLPC's first consumer
device]<http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/07/hands-on-with-the-xo-tablet/>

It appears the XO
Touch<http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/06/marvel-olpc-4-0-ces-hands-on/>
(aka
4.0) wasn't the only new device OLPC
<http://www.engadget.com/tag/olpc/> brought
toCES 2013 <http://www.engadget.com/tag/ces2013/>. Interestingly, the
company is moving into the consumer market this year, and it's releasing a
7-inch slate (1,024 x 600 resolution) in the US called, funnily enough, the
"XO Tablet." So let's run through the specs. It's got a 1.6 GHz dual-core
processor, 1 GB of RAM, 8 gigs of flash storage (expandable by microSD),
WiFi, HDMI-out, a 3,800 mAh battery, and 2- and 1.3-megapixel shooters at
the back and front, respectively. While the tablet runs stock Android 4.2
Jelly Bean, it boots into a heavily skinned, child-friendly UI with the
choice of three profiles. After selecting the profile, the home screen
shows the child various "dreams," which are based on professions like
mathematician, astronaut, artist, chef, etc. Under these different
categories, there are educational apps related to the theme of the
currently selected dream. As well as what's on that main home screen,
there's a stack of pre-loaded books, a curated app store and loads more to
be found within the menus.

What the little ones have access to is carefully chosen by the 'rents, as
there as loads of parental control options, and monitoring apps which show
how they use the tablets and thus, what their interests are. The
child-targeted UI is extremely colorful and engaging, and is designed by Yves
Béhar <http://www.engadget.com/tag/yves+behar/> of
OUYA<http://www.engadget.com/tag/ouya/> fame
and previous OLPC hardware. It's very slick, responsive, and full of
features sure to keep kids interested. When the kids have gone to bed,
however, adults can flick it back to stock Android. It looks and feels like
a 7-inch tablet, so nothing much to report there, and Jelly Bean is very
much a known quantity by now. It's important to note that while we did look
at the finished hardware, a dead battery meant that we saw the custom UI
running on a Nexus 7. To be honest, the finished hardware looked almost
identical to a Nexus 7, anyway, apart from the back camera being top-center
when held in landscape orientation. The tablet will be hitting US stores in
March, but the only pricing info we have so far is that it'll be
"competitive." We wonder what that means? Check out the gallery below for a
closer look; video coming soon.

*Update: *We've just added a video, so head on past the break to catch the
OLPC XO Tablet in action.

*OLPC XO Tablet*

   - <http://www.engadget.com/gallery/olpc-xo-tablet/5545260>
   - <http://www.engadget.com/gallery/olpc-xo-tablet/5545261>
   - <http://www.engadget.com/gallery/olpc-xo-tablet/5545263>
   - <http://www.engadget.com/gallery/olpc-xo-tablet/5545264>
   - <http://www.engadget.com/gallery/olpc-xo-tablet/5545265>
   - <http://www.engadget.com/gallery/olpc-xo-tablet/5545266>See all
photos<http://www.engadget.com/gallery/olpc-xo-tablet>

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*Edgar Alvarez contributed to this report.*


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