david wrote: > Hello > > I am returning to this list after a few months - sorry if this topic > has been covered. I heard that the touchpad hardware may have been > improved in XOs manufactured since around October last year.
No so much improved. It was wholesale replaced with a synaptics device. Its now essentially the same as a unit found in more traditional laptops. Its currently in production but only in the last month. > Others > have told me that 8.2 has largely corrected the erratic pad behaviour > that in my many observations in PNG, Nauru and Solomons is due to > moisture. In 90% humidity, 35 degrees C, almost all the XOs exhibited > some degree of the problem. 8.2 attempts to detect the jumpyness and sends the touchpad calibrate commands until the jumpyness stops. There are various reports of better or worse behavior. > I am now advising someone on a significant order and want to know the > latest on this issue. I've got a box of 5 sample units I'll send you. Send me the address you want them shipped to. -- Richard Smith <[email protected]> One Laptop Per Child _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
