Even though One Laptop Per Child seems to be having some serious business and political issues, apparently it hasn’t stopped them from thinking about future products. Dubbed XO-2, it is scheduled to come out in 2010.
From Laptop Magazine:
Negroponte didn’t share many details about the XO-2’s hardware, but the new system has two touch-sensitive displays. As you can see from the video and the pictures, the XO-2 will be much smaller than the original machine (half the size, according to the press release) and will have a foldable e-book form factor. “The next generation laptop should be a book,” Negroponte said.
The XO-2 will employ the dual indoor-and-sunlight displays, which was pioneered by former OLPC CTO Mary Lou Jepsen. The design will provide a right and left page in vertical format, a hinged laptop in horizontal format, and a flat, two-screen continuous surface for use in tablet mode. “Younger children will be able to use simple keyboards to get going, and older children will be able to switch between keyboards customized for applications as well as for multiple languages,” the press release reads.
Let’s hope the UI is also revised and greatly modified for touchscreen. The current UI, “Sugar” has some issues.
Via Gizmodo.
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