The low-cost, low-power, rugged tablet, designed by Yves Behar joins OLPC’s previous models, which have already seen distribution to over 2.4 million children in 42 countries.
Edward McNierney, Chief Technology Officer of the organization, called the XO 3.0 “a natural successor,” to OLPC’s XO lineup and lauded the new tablet for its design, durability and performance. Official images have yet to be released, but the tablet will be on display at the Marvell CES booth next week.
Built on Marvell’s Armada PXA618 SOC processor and Avastar Wi-Fi SOC, with 512MB of RAM, the 8-inch XO 3.0 tablet is purported to be very thin and boasts some rather unique charging circuitry, being the only tablet able to draw charge directly from solar panels, hand cranks and other alternative power sources.
OLPC has said the two-watt system is even capable of 10 minutes of runtime from just one minute of hand cranking.
The tablet can be configured to sport either a standard LCD or Pixel Qi sunlight-readable display at 1024 x 768-resolution and can run either the Android or OLPC’s Sugar Linux operating system, built specifically for children.
Depending on the selected specs, the expected average price of the tablet is expected to come in at around $100, making it affordable for developing countries interested in investing in their education system.
Marvell and One Laptop per Child Unveil the XO 3.0 Tablet
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