[Marketing] Pictures of XO-1 in tablet mode needed

[James Simmons]

Mike,

The book "Abroad" would be the best, using either the PDF or DJVU file
with the Read Activity.  It's a kid's book and very colorful.  You
might put the Activity in full screen mode and definitely the screen
should be rotated so the book page fits vertically on the screen.

http://www.archive.org/details/abroadcranethoma00craniala

I might try to do a picture like this myself, just the XO on a white
background with a page from "Abroad" on display.  The problem would be
dealing with the glare on the screen.  I would guess that in the shots
for the XO-3 the screen image was faked to avoid this problem.  Not to
mention that the author of "Where The Wild Things Are" would have to
be dead for 90 years before that book could legally be read on any XO
and he seems to be still among the living.

If your XO has a new enough version of Sugar that Read supports DJVU
then go with that format.  "Abroad" needs a lot of memory in PDF
format.

I don't really care if the XO is a 1.0 or a 1.5.

On the XO-3 pictures in the Gizmodo article, they must have been
created by OLPC.  Would it be allowed to use some of them in the book?

Thanks,

James Simmons


On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Mike Lee <curiouslee at gmail.com> wrote:
> James,
>
> I'm going to be doing a few fresh shots of the XO-1.5 soon and could
> work in a few of the XO-1.0 with kid holding it in ebook mode like
> your example. No guarantee exactly when the shot would be ready, but
> can you recommend what would be the best view of an Activity and which
> book?
>
> Mike
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 1:25 PM, James Simmons <nicestep at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I was kind of hoping for a sexy image that really sells the idea of
>> the XO-1 as an ebook reader.  Something like this for the XO-3:
>>
>> http://www.engadget.com/photos/olpc-xo3-gallery/#2555447
>>
>> It surprises me that I haven't been able to find anything like that
>> for the XO-1.
>>
>> James Simmons
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Mike Lee <curiouslee at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Jim,
>>>
>>> Here are two photos that I did a while back:
>>>
>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/2542156463/
>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/2542156115/
>>>
>>> And someone else's
>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/macowell/sets/72157617953915215/
>>>
>>> They are CC'd and downloadable.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 10:42 AM, James Simmons <nicestep at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I'm working on another FLOSS Manual, this one will be about Sugar as a
>>>> platform for finding, reading, and publishing free e-books.  I could
>>>> use a picture of the XO-1 in tablet orientation with a book on the
>>>> screen.  If there was a child reading the book that would be even
>>>> better.  I own an XO-1 so I could take some pictures myself if I had
>>>> to, but I know that we have shots of the XO that we use for marketing
>>>> purposes and these would probably look better than any photo I took
>>>> myself.
>>>>
>>>> Pictures of the XO-2, XO-3, and computers running SoaS with a book on
>>>> the screen would be helpful too.  (I know the XO-2 design was
>>>> abandoned but the picture I remember seeing of a kid reading a book on
>>>> the mockup is a nice image).
>>>>
>>>> James Simmons
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>>
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