Nonprofit group delays "$100 laptop," hikes cost
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A nonprofit group that plans to produce low-cost computers for poor children has delayed production and raised the laptops' price as it works out flaws in the product, a spokesman for the foundation said on Friday.
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The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) organization has announced a two-week sale from November 12 to November 26, with the objective of catalyzing greater support from philanthropists and generous consumers, as well as emerging nations whose citizens could stand to benefit.
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InfoWorld - The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project has raised the price of its XO laptop to $188, according to an Associated Press report.
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A nonprofit group that plans to produce  low-cost computers for poor children has raised the laptops&#39;  price, a spokesman for the foundation said on Friday.
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By George Hsu  Nicholas Negroponte's plan to give laptop computers to 100 million poor children is enriching parts makers more than the principal manufacturer.
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A nonprofit group that designs low-cost  computers for poor children may start selling $350 laptops on  the commercial market by Christmas, an executive said on  Monday.
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The scientist who designed a notebook  computer for poor children that is being produced and sold by a  nonprofit foundation has set up a company to commercialize the  technology with a goal of producing a $75 laptop computer.
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A nonprofit group that plans to produce  low-cost computers for poor children has raised the laptops'  price, a spokesman for the foundation said on Friday.
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Plus: '$100 laptop' for sale in North America. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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By Natalie P. Mcneal, The Miami Herald  Dec. 17--The Helen B. Hoffman Plantation Library will get nine new computers this year, thanks to a $10,500 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Net gear provider will spend $100 million on drumming its name into consumers' heads--not its usual IT decision-making audience.
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Buy a Dell PC, help plant a tree ... that is, if you care to make a donation.
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DALLAS -- Dell Inc., the world's largest PC maker, has delayed filing its fiscal second-quarter financial report and suspended its share-repurchase program because of an ongoing federal accounting probe.
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The One Laptop Per Child project suffered a blow this week, with Chief Technology Officer Mary Lou Jepsen quitting the nonprofit to start a for-profit company to commercialize technology she invented with OLPC.Jepsen, who joined OLPC as its first employee in 2005 after Nicholas Negroponte started the effort, will pursue an opportunity to chase after &quot;her next miracle in display technology,&quot; OLPC said in an e-mail sent on Sunday.Jepsen was responsible for hardware and display development for the rugged and power-saving&#160;XO laptop, designed for use by children in developing countries. Though the laptop has struggled to find buyers, it has been praised for its innovative hardware features and environmentally friendly design.Her last day with the organization is Dec. 31, though she will continue consulting with OLPC, according to the e-mail. Dec. 31 is also the end of OLPC&#39;s Give One Get One program, in which two XO laptops can be purchased for about $400, with a user getting one laptop and the other being donated.Satisfied that XO laptops were shipping in volume, Jepsen noted in an e-mail that she was starting a for-profit company to commercialize some of the technologies she invented at OLPC.&quot;I will continue to give OLPC product at cost, while providing commercial entities products they would like at a profit,&quot; Jepsen wrote in an e-mail.&quot;I believe that the work I led in the design of the XO laptop is just the first step in changing computing,&quot; she wrote.Powered by solar power, foot pedal or pull-string, the laptop doesn&#39;t rely on an electrical outlet to run, making it useful for situations where power is unreliable or unavailable. The laptop&#39;s specially designed lithium-ferro phosphate battery consumes between 2 watts to 8 watts depending on usage, compared to 40 watts on commercial laptops depending on usage.The laptop&#39;s battery lasts up to 21 hours because of custom-designed, efficient power-saving features implemented at the hardware and software level. Batteries in commercial laptops may explode at high temperatures, while XO&#39;s batteries can run and recharge in temperatures around 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius), Jepsen said in earlier interview.OLPC is also designing a cow-powered generator that works by hooking cattle up to a system of belts and pulleys.For connectivity, the laptop has mesh-networking features for Internet access.
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If you donated an XO laptop to the OLPC with the expectations of getting one back for yourself, you've probably been on hold for several months amid shipping snafus.
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(InfoWorld) - Some of the low-cost PCs designed by One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) for kids in the developing world will go to people in North America. That's the result of a program the group plans to launch on Monday that will let U.S. and Canadian residents pay US$400 for one laptop to keep and one to give to a child in a developing nation. Initially, at least, purchasers won't be able to choose where the second laptop will go. "The idea is to help feed programs in the least developed countries and broaden the community of engagement," said Walter Bender, president of software and content for OLPC. By putting the laptops in the hands of people in North America, the group hopes to persuade more people to contribute content or other developments to the project, he said. The offer will start on Nov. 12 and run through Nov. 26. "We don't want to divert too much away from the developing world, so we'll do a short window," Bender said. Mass production of the laptops is scheduled for October, with the first units landing in the hands of kids around the world in early November, he said. The initial run will generate 40,000 units and production will quickly double and triple that capacity to meet demand, he said. The original plan for the OLPC project was to create a laptop that would cost less than $100, but more recentlyÂ the price has been pegged closer to $190. The $400 deal for two laptops includes some padding for the cost of sending one of the laptops to a remote location, Bender said. Â