OLPC XO-3

XO-3 was a design for a tablet/e-book reader intended to be developed under the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) initiative, but the project was cancelled in November 2012,^[1] replaced by the XO tablet.

Production version of the XO-3

Concept version for XO-3

History

It was planned to have a tablet computer form factor over the canceled dual-screen design concept of the XO-2. The inner workings were those of the XO 1.75^[2] together with the same ARM processor.

The XO-3 featured an 8-inch 4:3 1024 × 768-resolution display and used a Marvell Technology Group Marvell Armada PXA618^[3] SoC.^[4] The XO-3 was intended to feature innovative charging options such as a hand crank or a solar panel.

The XO-3 tablet was planned to be released in 2012, for a target price below $100. The XO-3 and accompanying solar cell & handcrank power options were demoed at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January, 2012 as shown on BBC News technology programme Click.^[5]

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  Front and back
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  Flexible cover
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  Touch screen
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References

1. "OLPC cancels XO-3 tablet, downplays need for new hardware". Network World. Archived from the original on 2013-02-16.
2. "XO-3 concept design is here!", December 24, 2009
3. ARMADA 618 Archived 2012-01-10 at the Wayback Machine, Marvell Technology Group website
4. "OLPC XO 3.0 tablet to debut at CES: 8-inch configurable with Pixel Qi display and Android starting under $100", January 7, 2012
5. Cieslak, Marc (January 11, 2012). "CES 2012: One Laptop per Child gets tablet makeover". BBC. Retrieved January 29, 2012.

External links

• Free and open-source software portal

• OLPC article about the XO-3