OLPC’s Hidden Killer App: Ultimate E-Book Reader | Epicenter | Wired.com: "Once the kinks around software and content are ironed out, the XO could be pitched to commuters, students and travelers as a purely consumer device — 'it’s the rugged Kindle!' — the OLPC project can generate much-needed revenue to fund its educational, open-hardware goals. 'It is a great e-book,' says Walter Bender, former president of OLPC software and content who is now the head of Sugar Labs, the non-profit group that continues to develop the XO’s 'Sugar' interface.
Bender says he can’t speak for OLPC regarding its sales strategy, but he does say that its laptop has a significant advantage: Unlike e-books devices like Amazon’s Kindle or Sony’s Reader, the XO is a fully featured computer.
'So while you can use it to read a PDF or wiki page,' he says in an e-mail, 'you can also use it to annotate pages, write commentary, or even publish your own book: consumer as producer.'"
Saturday, August 8, 2009
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