XO-3 was a design for a
tablet
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/
e-book reader
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Any device that can display text on a screen may act as an e-read ...
intended to be developed under the
One Laptop per Child (OLPC) initiative, but the project was cancelled in November 2012, replaced by the
XO tablet
The OLPC XO (formerly known as $100 Laptop, Children's Machine, 2B1) is a low cost laptop computer intended to be distributed to children in developing countries around the world, to provide them with access to knowledge, and opportunities to ...
.
History
It was planned to have a tablet computer form factor over the canceled dual-screen design concept of the
XO-2. The inner workings were those of the XO 1.75 together with the same
ARM processor.
The XO-3 featured an 8-inch 4:3 1024 × 768-resolution display and used a
Marvell Technology Group
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Marvell Armada PXA618
SoC. The XO-3 was intended to feature innovative charging options such as a
hand crank
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or a
solar panel
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.
The XO-3 tablet was planned to be released in 2012, for a target price below $100. The XO-3 and accompanying solar cell & handcrank power options were demoed at the International
Consumer Electronics Show
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(CES) in January, 2012 as shown on
BBC News
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technology programme ''
Click
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''.
References
External links
OLPC article about the XO-3
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One Laptop per Child
Tablet computers
Linux-based devices