OLPC – XO-3 concept design is cool

The Fuse design team is doing a great job with the XO-3 design. The images look great, and the price point (sub $100) is awesome. The timeline says the XO-3 will be available in 2012, and I can’t wait to see one in action.

I’m a sucker for new Linux based computers, and cheap Linux based computers are even better. I’m anxiously awaiting the arrival of my my Cherrypal Africa (I’ll be posting the unboxing as on the day it arrives, and how to load Linux if it doesn’t come with Linux installed). The day is coming when we’ll see cell phones and computers at grocery store between the Black and Mild cigars and the 5 hour energy drinks.

The OLPC folks don’t have to build this computer. They just have to threaten to build it. Prices will fall, feature sets will rise and programmers will be employed. At the rate that ARM processors are showing up in mobile devices, I wouldn’t be surprised if this device is running on an as-yet-unannounced 2ghz ARM processor and running a snappy version of Android.

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