OLPC Being Piloted In India With Reliance-ADA Group; XO Priced At $220

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• Reliance ADAG
• One Laptop Per Child

1. This comes as a bit of a surprise: the One Laptop Per Child Project (OLPC) project has been launched in India, after reports of having been rejected by the Indian government last year. The first pilot of the XO laptop (in pic) is supposed to be in tribal village at Khairat (near Karjat, Maharashtra), and by March 2008, the project intends to cover more than 25,000 towns and 60,000 villages. Readers should remember that though the XO laptop has been spoken about as the "$100 laptop", that pricing is based on large orders. Currently, it's priced at $220 (around ... (Read Full Article)
   
   

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