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He really is just describing a Nokia N810 tablet. When a reader suggested that, Arrington replied: "yes, although we want to build it a lot cheaper and have a much bigger screen." So, he expects to replicate the N810, but with a bigger screen and better price? How is he going to beat Nokia and still make a profit?
Didn't the XO project give us some indication on how difficult it is to create this type of thing? And unless Arrington is ready commit to this project full-time, it is going nowhere fast. I suspect that he is using his clout to simply trying to get into the inbox of vendors. Don't get me wrong, I'd love one. I suspect Apple is working on something like this. We have the technology of Air and the technology of iPhone…
My two main thoughts on this are: 1. It won't cost $200. The Nokia N810 has similar specs and had a price drop to $300, so I don't see how this will happen. It might be possible to source the parts for 200, but not build it, ship it and make a profit. 2. Why not use Ubuntu MID? I have not used it, but it was made for these kind of devices. Certainly much easier and cheaper than writing custom linux/ff code. Just add…
Do you think that they want to make profit? Didn't Arrington said that the whole device will be open source?
Back at the 2001 Comdex, Bill Gates announced that by 2007, such devices would be the most popular form of PC in the U.S. Although his timing was off, I think Gates was definitely on to something. Yet as brm notes, it's probably going to take more than just the open source community. Open source seems great for advancing the bleeding-edge; but honestly, unless money is on the line, how many devs are going to cut out…
I'm betting Apple has a patent on just about every part of this thing. I hope someone can tell me I'm wrong.
Wait for the new OLPC.
Tell me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't the parts alone cost around $200. I am not saying that this is impossible, but reliable batteries alone have got to be pretty expensive.
is techcrunch spamming YNews? why would copies of the same story be at the top of the news list?
Tell me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't the parts alone cost around $200. I am not saying that this is impossible, but reliable batteries alone have got to be pretty expensive.
the price point we are at in our spec already is at $150 so we have left $50 or more to add cooler shit