One Laptop per Child (OLPC), creator of the hundred-dollar laptop, announced this week that they will debut a prototype XO-3 computer two years ahead of schedule. The tablet will eventually cost 75 US dollars according to OLPC’s founder and chairman Nicholas Negroponte.
OLPC will partner in this project with the U.S. semiconductor manufacturer Marvell.
The Marvell Moby Tablet Platform has a low-power ARMADA 610 processor, 1080p full-HD encode and decode, Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/FM/GPS connectivity and support for multiple software standards like Adobe Flash, Android, Windows Mobile and Ubuntu.
The first prototypes would most likely run Google’s Android operating system, but they said it’s ultimately an open source Linux laptop. The device will have a dual mode 9 inch display, one that works both in sunlight and backlit, and will require only one watt of electricity to operate.
The first prototypes could be ready by January 2011 and the final XO-3, with the original design aspect in March 2012.
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