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http://tinyurl.com/3h5xeu Peru's president talks OLPC: announces that a total of 290,000 will be purchased, G1G1 at $530 to become available
http://tinyurl.com/4merhh "Between a rock and an interface" on bbc.com, interesting closing thoughts also regarding OLPC.
Got any good stories to tell about last year's G1G1? Then do it here: http://tinyurl.com/5x86t9
In other news, SunNight Solar offers a "buy one give one (BOGO)" program for solar-pwered flashlights: http://tinyurl.com/54ge2g
http://tinyurl.com/5ygvbp "Formative Evaluation of OLPC Project Nepal: A Summary" - a well recommended read!
Venezuela ordered 1 million Classmates! http://tinyurl.com/3usj3m Share your opinion at the SF Happy Hour on Thursday @ 21st Amendment
http://tinyurl.com/3gw8mo short video of the Omatek Smartbook which Wayan discovered while he was in Ghana. Also, this is our 100th tweed!
http://tinyurl.com/4boquz A call for Fiji to also adopt "one laptop per child" for its population.
http://tinyurl.com/3p4crq $399 isn't enough to "Give 1, Get 1"
http://tinyurl.com/584nru Agent Camfield explores impact of OLPC and XO on the hardware and esp. notebook market in "The XO Files Part II"
@bookhling Good idea, been thinking about a biweekly "Sugar spotlight" for some time but always too busy so far. I should go ahead with it!
@joncamfield Thx, I had seen the announcement but haven't been able to find real info on that oh-so-great HP LCD. Any pointers appreciated!
I was wondering whether there were any topics/stories you'd like to see covered (more) on olpcnews? Looking forward to your suggestions. :-)
http://tinyurl.com/59r3vm I was having a day-dream the other day and wrote this post about what the XO-1.5 might be like. Enjoy!
http://tinyurl.com/5zml2t great video about OLPC by S12.si, includes some comments by yours truly when I was @ http://tinyurl.com/69pozf
NN tell laptopmag that G1G1v2 starts Nov. 17, costs $399: http://tinyurl.com/5w89ud (my basic copy-paste comment: http://tinyurl.com/5gmy5g)
http://tinyurl.com/63kknp Amazon deal gets official confirmation by OLPC PM Kim Quirk. G1G1 will be Linux-based XOs only!
http://tinyurl.com/54wcav Mark Beckford, former GM for the Intel classmate, on 'Why OLPC should be a for-profit business'
http://tinyurl.com/5ao9dy BREAKING NEWS: Amazon to run with G1G1 starting late November!
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