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Re: [News] Linux Laptop Could Cost Less Than $100, Charge Mobile Phones

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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> $100 Laptop Goes to CES 2007
> 
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| According to OLPC officials, the goal price is less than $100 per unit,
>| which the initiative hopes to achieve by 2008. By keeping the price
>| low, the initiative hopes that governments in the developing world
>| will be able to afford them. 
>| 
>| [...]
>| 
>| Interestingly, the device will be given to students who receive a
>| $100 laptop, and will also be sold to consumers in developing
>| countries to be used as a mobile phone charger with the claim that
>| it will recharge a mobile phone in about five minutes. 
> `----
> 
> http://www.techtree.com/India/News/100_Laptop_Goes_to_CES_2007/551-78422-615.html

I still want one!

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| Mark Kent   --   mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk  |
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