On the tablet topic... I'm now wondering what it will take for the
potential of Android developers to be harnessed? (Assuming it will be
a good thing)
Android Emerges as Big Rival to iPad
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703630304575270761658543340.html?mod=WSJ_business_whatsNews>
From the article...
"Without applications, the device itself means nothing," said Barry
Lam, chairman of the contract laptop manufacturer Quanta Computer
<http://online.wsj.com/public/quotes/main.html?type=djn&symbol=2382.TW>
Inc., during a recent investor conference.
Google's Android operating system, as it did in smartphones, is
emerging as the most potent alternative to Apple's technology. "The
tablet trend is clearly going toward Android," said Jack Kang,
director of technical marketing for Marvell Technology Group
<http://online.wsj.com/public/quotes/main.html?type=djn&symbol=MRVL> Ltd.
...
Regards,
James Zaki
2010/5/27 Ed McNierney <e...@laptop.org <mailto:e...@laptop.org>>
Folks -
Below is the text version of the press release OLPC and Marvell
issued this morning, announcing our agreement to work together on
the tablet-based efforts we've been calling "XO-3.0" and Marvell
has been calling "Moby" (both previously announced). The link
takes you to the same document with a few pictures.
We're just starting this cooperation, so there are things we don't
know yet, but the release pretty well covers what we do know. I
think it's important to recognize that our goal with Marvell is to
work with them to make a family of tablet products possible, not
all of which will be "OLPC" products. That's something new, and
potentially confusing, but we think it can really help us both
broaden the community working with us, and help drive our own
product costs down by increasing volumes.
In some of the press interviews around this release, there's
discussion of the goal of introducing something at CES 2011 (in
January). That's important to Marvell, but that device will
certainly not be an "XO-3.0" and probably won't be an OLPC product
at all. But it's one of the steps along the way. Remember that
this cooperation is intended to help our goals as well as
Marvell's goals, so some of the things announced from the
partnership won't be things directly pertinent to OLPC's product
plans.
As we've previously announced, our XO-1.75 product, bringing a
Marvell ARM-based motherboard to the current XO-1 laptop platform,
is the next product release in our efforts to provide ARM-based,
lower-power devices to achieve our mission.
- Ed
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/one-laptop-per-child-and-marvell-join-forces-to-redefine-tablet-computing-for-students-around-the-world-95007559.html
One Laptop per Child and Marvell Join Students Around the World
Marvell and OLPC Empower Education Industry to Revolutionize the
Classroom Experience through Advanced, Affordably-Priced Tablets
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 27
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- One Laptop per Child (OLPC), a global
organization whose mission is to help provide every child in the
world access to a modern education, and Marvell, a worldwide
leader in integrated silicon solutions, have agreed to jointly
develop a family of next-generation OLPC XO tablet computers based
on the Marvell? Moby reference design. This new partnership will
provide designs and technologies to enable a range of new
educational tablets, delivered by OLPC and other education
industry leaders, aimed at schools in both the U.S. and developing
markets. Marvell is also announcing today it has launched
Mobylize, a campaign aimed at improving technology adoption in
America's classrooms.
The new family of XO tablets will incorporate elements and new
capabilities based on feedback from the nearly 2 million children
and families around the world who use the current XO laptop. The
XO tablet, for example, will require approximately one watt of
power to operate (compared to about 5 watts necessary for the
current XO laptop). The XO tablet will also feature a
multi-lingual soft keyboard with touch feedback, enabling it to
serve millions more children who speak virtually any language
anywhere in the world.
The device is also decidedly "constructionist" in nature. By
design, it combines hardware and software to deliver a platform
that will enable educators, students and families around the world
to create their own content, and learn to read, write, and create
their own education programs and share all of these experiences
via a mesh network model. The device will also feature an
application to directly access more than 2 million free books
available across the Internet.
"While devices like eReaders and current tablets are terrific
literary, media and entertainment platforms, they don't meet the
needs of an educational model based on making things, versus just
consuming them. Today's learning environments require robust
platforms for computation, content creation and experimentation --
and all that at a very low cost," said Dr. Nicholas Negroponte,
Founder and Chairman of One Laptop per Child. "Through our
partnership with Marvell, OLPC will continue our focus on
designing computers that enable children in the developing world
to learn through collaboration, as well as providing connectivity
to the world's body of knowledge."
"Marvell has made a long-term commitment to improving education
and inspiring a revolution in the application of technology in the
classroom. The Moby tablet platform -- and our partnership with
OLPC -- represents our joint passion and commitment to give
students the power to learn, create, connect and collaborate in
entirely new ways," said Weili Dai, Marvell's Co-founder and Vice
President and General Manager of the Consumer and Computing
Business Unit. "Marvell's cutting edge technology -- including
live content, high quality video (1080p full-HD encode and
decode), high performance 3D graphics, Flash 10 Internet and
two-way teleconferencing -- will fundamentally improve the way
students learn by giving them more efficient, relevant -- even fun
tools to use. Education is the most pressing social and economic
issue facing America. I believe the Marvell Moby tablet can
ignite a life-long passion for learning in all students
everywhere. I am immensely proud of the capability of our Moby
tablet and I am extremely honored to partner with the inventor of
the netbook market for education, Dr. Nicholas Negroponte. I
applaud his leadership, vision, passion and together we will make
the world a better place."
About the One Laptop per Child Foundation
The One Laptop per Child Foundation (OLPC at
http://www.laptop.org) is a nonprofit organization created by
Nicholas Negroponte and others from the MIT Media Lab to design,
manufacture and distribute laptop computers that are inexpensive
enough to provide every child in the world access to knowledge and
modern forms of education.
About Marvell Moby Tablet Platform and Mobylize.org
Powered by a high-performance, highly scalable, and low-power
Marvell ARMADA^(TM) 610 application processor, the Moby tablet
features gigahertz processor speed, 1080p full-HD encode and
decode, intelligent power management, power-efficient Marvell 11n
Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/FM/GPS connectivity, high performance 3D graphics
and support for multiple software standards including full Adobe
Flash, Android^(TM), Windows Mobile and Ubuntu. The Moby platform
also features a built--in camera for live video conferencing,
multiple simultaneous viewing screens and Marvell's 11n Mobile
Hotspot which allows Wi-Fi access that supports up to eight
concurrent users connected to the Internet via a cellular
broadband connection. The ultra low power mobile tablet is
expressly for long-battery life. For more information, visit
www.mobylize.org <http://www.mobylize.org>.
About Marvell
Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL) is a world leader in the development of
storage, communications, and consumer silicon solutions. Marvell's
diverse product portfolio includes switching, transceiver,
communications controller, wireless, and storage solutions that
power the entire communications infrastructure including
enterprise, metro, home, and storage networking. As used in this
release, the term "Marvell" refers to Marvell Technology Group
Ltd. and its subsidiaries. For more information, visit
http://www.marvell.com.
Media Contacts:
One Laptop per Child
Jackie Lustig, (781) 487-4664
Kyle Austin, (781) 487-4603
pr...@racepointgroup.com <mailto:pr...@racepointgroup.com>
Marvell Media Relations
Daniel Yoo, (408) 222-2187
y...@marvell.com <mailto:y...@marvell.com>
Marvell and the M logo are registered trademarks of Marvell and/or
its affiliates. ARMADA is trademark of Marvell and/or its
affiliates. Other names and brands may be claimed as the property
of others.
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