[IAEP] [support-gang] Names for new XO-3 (XO-4!)

[Paul Fox]

caryl wrote:
 > 
 > Hi Martin,
 > Thanks for the correction!  I was confused.  Whatever the name,
 > this new hybrid of laptop and tablet will be a giant leap forward
 > in educational computers.  I had the opportunity to see and play
 > with Bert F's touchscreen XO-1.75 at our SCaLE booth this winter. 
 > While the screen will be entirely different (and superior) the
 > combo idea is the same.  Wonderful!

to be clear, it won't be _that_ different from what you played with. 

the technology has changed, but you'll still be moving the cursor by
poking a finger at the screen of something that's shaped identically
to the other, uh, 2.5 million XO laptops in the world.  :-)

paul

 > Caryl
 > 
 > > From: martin.langhoff at gmail.com
 > > Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 11:47:14 -0400
 > > Subject: Re: [IAEP] Names for new XO-3
 > > To: cbigenho at hotmail.com
 > > CC: iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org; support-gang at laptop.org
 > > 
 > > Hi Caryl,
 > > 
 > > just to clarify -- the unit is XO-4. Two variants will be available --
 > > XO-4 Laptop and XO-4 Touch (a laptop with multitouch screen).
 > > 
 > > The XO-4 Laptop is in general terms externally similar to XO-1.75, but
 > > gruntier guts. XO-4 Touch adds multitouch, so the frame changes a bit.
 > > 
 > > cheers,
 > > 
 > > 
 > > martin
 > > 
 > > On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Caryl Bigenho <cbigenho at hotmail.com> wrote:
 > > > OK... crazy idea time... since the new XO-3 will actually be a hybrid of
 > > > laptop and tablet, maybe it should have a new device name to distinguish it
 > > > from others that are merely one or the other. Here are a couple of ideas for
 > > > device names that hit me this morning:
 > > > LapLet
 > > > TabTop
 > > > Anyone else have an idea to share?
 > > > Caryl
 > > >
 > > >
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 > > 
 > > 
 > > -- 
 > >  martin.langhoff at gmail.com
 > >  martin at laptop.org -- Software Architect - OLPC
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 > >  - don't get distracted with shiny stuff  - working code first
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