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OLPC Shows off Super Sexy Tablet Due in 2012

by - source: Tom's Hardware US

It might just be a concept, but man, that is one sexy concept.

Designer Yves Behar has just unveiled the latest vision for the XO laptop and, while the current laptop has yet to hit that all-important hundred dollar price point, this one will apparently cost $75. Did I mention it's a criminally pretty too? Because it is.

According to Engadget, the tablet sports an 8.5 x 11-inch touchscreen, a camera, Pre-style induction charging and an "8 gigaherz [sic]" (800MHz?) processor. OLPC is expected to launch this iteration of the XO laptop in 2012 but what's happening in the two years between the XO laptop we have today and this half-as-thick-as-an-iPhone XO-3?

According to Nicholas Negroponte, the OLPC Foundation plans to release two more models before the XO-3. Interestingly, the company has no plans for an XO-2. In January they'll be launching the XO-1.5. An upgraded version of the current model, the XO-1.5 will swap a VIA CPU for the current AMD one, and will double the speed as well as quadruple both the DRAM and Flash memory of the current version. The XO-1.5 will cost around $200. Early in 2011 OLPC will launch the XO-1.75 which will sport rubber bumpers on the outer casing, an 8.9-inch touchscreen display inside, and a Marvell ARM processor which will enable two times the speed at a quarter of the power usage

It's going to be a busy new year for OLPC!

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Ehsan w 12/23/2009 6:43 PM
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doesn't look that great..if you ask me...
price is better than the apple tablet though....

sliem 12/23/2009 6:50 PM
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Wow, it's pretty. Wife will love this. Unfortunately you can only use it for up to 12 months because we'd be dead by Jan 2013... lol.

Anonymous 12/23/2009 6:59 PM
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Looks more like a cheap toy than anything else.

Wonder if the buttons are actually touch screen or the old fashion bubble buttons one would find on a remote or some such?

If it's a true touch screen, then at least the model would hopefully be customizable as to the colors and looks.

Parrdacc 12/23/2009 7:08 PM
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Believe it when I see it. Of course, as sliem mentioned, we might all be dead before we could really use it.

Anonymous 12/23/2009 7:21 PM
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Good Lord!

The Neg Rating Trolls are really out today! :o

eduardosmx 12/23/2009 7:32 PM
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It doesnt look good or hot or anything elso XD
It looks like a cheap piece of plastic that u can buy on dealextreme

rbarone69 12/23/2009 8:32 PM
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I hope by 2012 this thing will be 100% OLED!! That would be sweet!

Pei-chen 12/23/2009 9:07 PM
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Department of Justice needs to investigate OLPC Association for embezzlement of funds. They are like the United Homeless Organization that was recently exposed to be a fraud. How a charity cans keeps missing its targets and spends most of its money on operation expense be legit.

They are scamming people with two OLPCs for $400. Implying their crappy “PC” with a free OS is worth $200 a piece. $300 will buy a more powerful netbook with real features and windows.

chechak 12/23/2009 11:38 PM
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nice tablet

matt87_50 12/24/2009 12:49 PM
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" "8 gigaherz [sic]" (800MHz?) processor"

it can process the thoughts and emotions of 8 billion women at once??? impossible!! must be a quantum computer!

apmyhr 12/24/2009 2:10 AM
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matt87_50 :
" "8 gigaherz [sic]" (800MHz?) processor"it can process the thoughts and emotions of 8 billion women at once??? impossible!! must be a quantum computer!


If you factor out the emotions part of that equation, then any Pentium II could easily do that.

alagadnidonald 12/24/2009 3:36 AM
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but will it play........................











PACMAN?

razzb3d 12/24/2009 6:09 PM
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DONT U DARE SAY CRYSIS!!!

lumpy 12/24/2009 7:04 PM
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Looks like piece of crap.like netbooks,crap for girls.

tacoslave 12/25/2009 3:18 AM
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lumpy :
Looks like piece of crap.like netbooks,crap for girls.


i want one and im not a girl.

JohnnyLucky 12/25/2009 10:24 PM
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The device in the photo does not look like it has an 8.5 x 11 inch touchscreen.

JohnnyLucky 12/25/2009 10:24 PM
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OOPS! I just took another look. The "keyboard" is part of the screen.

wongster 12/25/2009 11:16 PM
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horrible colors. why do they have to make it look so gay

lowguppy 12/28/2009 9:16 PM
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I wouldn't call it pretty, exactly.

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