[Olpc-france] XO-3 ?

[Séverin Lemaignan]

Coucou !

Peut-être avez vous vu passer sur Slashdot l'interview de Negroponte
qui parle du XO-3 (apparement, la version "2" qui ressemblait à un
e-book passe à la trappe).

Voici l'extrait:

X: In January, you laid out four main goals: development of the
Generation 2.0 
laptop, a no-cost connectivity program, publishing a
million digital books, and passing on the development of the Sugar
operating system to the community. We just asked about the books.
Could you provide an update on the other three areas?

NN: 2.0 has been replaced by two things: 1) model 1.75, same
industrial design but an ARM inside, 2) model 3.0, totally different
industrial design, more like a sheet of paper. No cost connectivity
will start up with the ITU in Geneva. It has been the slowest piece.

[Editor's comment: By "model 1.75," Negroponte is referring to an
upgraded version of the current green-and-white XO laptop with a
different processor inside---a faster chip made by UK-based chipmaker
ARM. The Generation 2.0 XO laptop was to be a book-like pair of
touchscreens, but would likely have been too expensive to build. OLPC
has not released further details about the paper-like "3.0" model
Negroponte describes. The ITU is the International Telecommunications
Union in Geneva, Switzerland. Along with OLPC and other groups such as
AMD's 50x15 Foundation, the ITU is working to bring high-speed
Internet service to at least half of the world's population by 2015.]

[Update, 11/2/09, 11:30 pm: We wrote back to Negroponte to request
more details about the "model 3.0" XO laptop. He replied: "Not much to
say other than its aspirational aspects: 3.0 is a single sheet,
completely plastic and unbreakable, waterproof, 1/4" thick, full
color, reflective and transmissive, no bezel, no holes. 1W. $75, ready
in 2012."]

...curieux de voir ça !
Severin