[IAEP] Questions for SCaLE 11X

Ron Feigenblatt docdtv at gmail.com
Thu Feb 21 03:35:29 EST 2013


Hi Caryl,

On 2/20/13, Caryl Bigenho <cbigenho at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 1) What is the latest total number of XOs of all types "deployed" around the
> world, including developer machines, G1G1, large deployments, and small
> deployments.?
> (The wiki says 2 million as of March 2011… two years ago.)

Last month at CES, OLPC's Giulia D'Amico said 2.8 million;
evidenced in the video (743 views now) at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa5pKmhCgd4

> 2) Has the production of the XO-4 begun? If not, when is it expected to
> start?

See the cited video: "In the next few months, Australia is going to
roll out 55,000" [XO-4s]

> 3) What are the various options that will be offered with the XO-4?

See the cited video: About $20 for an optional Neonode IR Touch
framing touchscreen.

> 4) What is the projected cost of the XO-4?

See the cited video: @$206 (with touchscreen) FOB China, 10,000+ units.

> 5) Will small orders (100 or more machines) still be considered for well
> thought-out projects?

See the cited video: Evidently not. If you could persuade a retailer,
e.g. Tiger Direct, that they could sell 10,000 units almost @$300
within a year, they might invest the $2M up front.

> Don't forget to add your ideas for questions and, if possible, their
> answers.

It's well worth watching the cited video as well as its companion
video (823 views now) at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4pvFSG10R8

The big news is that OLPC reports potential buyers have expressed
interest in Android, so it has a plan to move the XO-4 that way by
YE2013. This poses an implicit challenge to Sugar Labs, namely, could
Sugar sit on top of Android rather than Linux Fedora by then?

Ron


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