Pixel Qi promises $75 laptop
Pixel Qi, a spin-off from One Laptop Per Child project, has promised a $75 laptop. The chief technology officer of One Laptop Per Child, Mary Lou Jepsen, is the head of this latest venture which is working on reducing the prices for next-generation hardware by allowing multiple uses of the key technology advances. Pixel Qi is also aiming to bring sunlight readable, low-cost and low-power screens into mainstream laptops, cellphones and digital cameras.
Pixel Qi will give OLPC products at cost, while also selling the sub-systems and devices at a profit for commercial use. I hope the group keep their word and deliver the children-machine for $75 only. Otherwise couple of months later they’ll release a press release saying “the price have been increased by…
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