It's not a high tech gadget company, it's not a publisher, and it's not a bookseller like Amazon. In fact it's an initiative designed to bring computers/reading/schooling into the lives of third world countries that looks to be bringing the next step in eBook readers to those that really count--children.
The One Laptop Per Childs XO laptop is about to have an overhaul, and here is what they're planning to do for $75.00:
Yes, you're eyes aren't deceiving you, that is a split screen laptop with a virtual keyboard no bigger than a trade size paperback.
And how does this relate to eBooks? Well, take a look at this next picture and you'll see exactly how it relates:
Turn it on its end, open an eBook, and voila! Two screens that operate like the open face of a book.
And for $75.00, not only will I be buying one for me, but one for my son, and the corresponding amount of units for donation, and most likely a few more units for donation. At $75 (heck even the $188 as it stands for the current model) I'm not risking a lot to give so much.
Makes you wonder, doesn't it, at $300+ for a Kindle, Sony and the Cybook that can't compare utility wise...
Information gleened from :
laptop.org,Gizmo.com, and the BBC
1 comment:
I love the idea for this. And it's so cute too.
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