Hello Tara, That's a great idea :) We did this with the first XO laptops; no word yet on whether it will happen with the tablets when they are launched.
SJ On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Tara Dempster <[email protected]> wrote: > I am not sure if this idea has already been proposed, but I know that I > would love to buy one of these new tablets for my daughter and I was > thinking that if OLPC offered some for sale in the more developed countries > and they charged for 1 what it cost to make 2, that they would be able to > provide even more tablets to the developing countries, and I personally love > the idea that it would be a more 'green' tablet as well as helping other > places with a purchase. I think the hand crank and solar panels would be > amazing for younger kids and even adults working in remote locations as > well. I just think that if the 1 for 2 idea was around, instead of spending > our money on providing profits for big business we could be sharing our > wealth with poorer nations. > > _______________________________________________ > Olpc-open mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open > -- Samuel Klein identi.ca:sj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 _______________________________________________ Olpc-open mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open
