There's also a bunch of OLPC research that can be used in such a device, such as keyboard layout for a number of obscure african countries. They simply didn't have any yet, and giving them a US 101 just isn't feasible if the local language uses tons of symbols that are rare in the english language.
Whatever one comes up with, though, it must have a screen that is readable in bright daylight. So, definitely no (AM)OLED, I doubt LED is going to get you there either, but some sort of eInk-like screen, just like the original OLPC has - such screens become _more_ readable in bright light, not less. I'm not sure if this technology is available for colour screens yet, though (eInk devices are black and white, and so is the original OLPC's sunlight mode). On Jul 13, 1:21 pm, Fabrizio Giudici <[email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > In the past there has been some debate about the OLPC concept, but > I've not heard anything about it. I mean: there hasn't been any > further discussion in technical communities forums etc as in the past. > Looking at the web site (laptop.org) I see there are updates, > including an article on Time > (http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1997940,00.html?xid=rss...). > > But is it really changing the world? A few hours ago, I realized that > in the meantime the scenario has changed in such a way that maybe the > OLPC is already old stuff. In the end (see the Time article) the end > cost raised from $99 to $181, and I wonder whether in one year one > couldn't make a tablet based on Android for a similar price. It would > be much more powerful tool (hw and sw) and stuff such as the Android > Inventor (see my previous post) might be a plus. Of course, there's > all the stuff related to robustness and operability in special > conditions that I can't evaluate - but I presume similar concepts > could be applied to a tablet. I wonder whether Google is thinking of that. > > - -- > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager > Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." > java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici -www.tidalwave.it/people > [email protected] > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla -http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAkw8TFEACgkQeDweFqgUGxfFeACePgyyLXXDa9cSFWBzJT2ZegEO > FlkAniw4RUxaWqz9+9EnPICGq9CHtnwI > =Bgj8 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
