James, I'm sorry, i don't have any visuals like that on hand
It's quite difficult to get a decent shot of a kid and an XO and be able to see what's on the screen. Over-the-shoulder shots might be best. The XO-2 and XO-3 are concepts and in those visuals screens were probably added after the initial shoot. Sean On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 9:07 PM, James Simmons <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Marketing mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing >>>>> >>>> >>> >> > _______________________________________________ > Marketing mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing > _______________________________________________ Marketing mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing
