Re: XO-3 competitor?
There's a commercial model that the company is going to be selling in the UK I believe at a higher price to recover the development costs or something along those lines. I've been keeping an eye out for UK availability but I've not seen it yet either. I also saw this unit from Toys-R-Us the other day. It looks like a standard tablet embedded in a rubber case. http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/11/toys-r-us-nabi-android-tablet-lets-junior-play-while-mommy-drin/ Peter On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 2:30 AM, John Watlington wrote: > > or replacement ? > > I haven't been able to get a hold of one, in order to test it. > > There have been other articles about the $35 price. I find it hard to > believe, > especially at the volumes quoted. > > wad > > On Nov 14, 2011, at 7:27 AM, Mikus Grinbergs wrote: > >> Low-cost Aakash tablet: >>> http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/26/aakash-android-tablet-exclusive/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed:+Venturebeat+(VentureBeat) >> >> ___ >> Devel mailing list >> Devel@lists.laptop.org >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > > ___ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: XO-3 competitor?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/17/2011 08:00 AM, John Watlington wrote: > > or replacement ? > > I haven't been able to get a hold of one, in order to test it. > > There have been other articles about the $35 price. I find it > hard to believe, especially at the volumes quoted. I think the $35 price-tag is for students (and subsidized by the Indian govt.), and doesn't contain a GPRS modem. The commercial version is priced at INR 2999 (~$60), and will have a GPRS modem (Probably without 3G capabilities). Both h/w versions won't have a camera and speakers (but will have audio in/out jacks). There's news floating around that another faster version is in the works and early pieces might start to appear around Feb 2012[1]. > > wad > > On Nov 14, 2011, at 7:27 AM, Mikus Grinbergs wrote: > >> Low-cost Aakash tablet: >>> http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/26/aakash-android-tablet-exclusive/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed:+Venturebeat+(VentureBeat) >> >> >>> ___ >> Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > > ___ Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel [1] http://kashmirmonitor.org/11142011-ND-better-faster-aakash-2-to-be-launched-in-feb-2012-14670.aspx - -- Anish -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJOxRupAAoJEBoxUdDHDZVpptMIAJ6xmJYo0N1RVl32iRi94Lk8 ibnI5gCZei6P0QUKGbaJq03cgBCdNrQXwG859vJlzG9Y17VYIMoZ5yZbuZ2h3lBg HLTjABoo0Mfxd1RMdTu/2aojFZDWCYhKgxe/AqB4jpb424ys5KBsPgokLZGeilZy zDQRH6hlzetDIoSX6na7I99EhOnLQDGX8B6/MY30+IlBoM7taGGUwlNt2fw3fmR6 pN7o91eSSrY0yUg5pyyPITUZ713Ehfu05pxTk65rKkUzRgqEwnHV7TYGZz805maU WQ6biUSCIEvzHQTu00DcAg8R/PbPASSxHgGTeHqdtUwXlIk46apzRAKHZHV3Nxw= =cL26 -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: XO-3 competitor?
Here was the other article about this tablet that I found interesting: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/news/hardware/Aakash-cost-below-35-govt-buying-at-49/articleshow/10301549.cms On Nov 14, 2011, at 7:27 AM, Mikus Grinbergs wrote: > Low-cost Aakash tablet: >> http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/26/aakash-android-tablet-exclusive/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed:+Venturebeat+(VentureBeat) > > ___ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: XO-3 competitor?
On Thu 17 Nov 2011 09:16:23 PM IST, John Watlington wrote: > > Here was the other article about this tablet that I found > interesting: > > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/news/hardware/Aakash-cost-below-35-govt-buying-at-49/articleshow/10301549.cms > Here's another: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/news/hardware/Aakash-gets-3-lakh-pre-bookings-orders/articleshow/10764945.cms 'Lakh' is a unit in the Indian number system (1 lakh = 100,000) Although it does say that the pre-bookings don't involve any payment, so it could just be lots of interested people filling up a web-form :-) > On Nov 14, 2011, at 7:27 AM, Mikus Grinbergs wrote: > >> Low-cost Aakash tablet: >>> http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/26/aakash-android-tablet-exclusive/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed:+Venturebeat+(VentureBeat) >> >> ___ >> Devel mailing list >> Devel@lists.laptop.org >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > > ___ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel -- Anish ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: XO-3 competitor?
And here is another article about the Aakash tablet: http://thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=386755&catid=35 On Nov 17, 2011, at 7:46 AM, John Watlington wrote: > > Here was the other article about this tablet that I found > interesting: > > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/news/hardware/Aakash-cost-below-35-govt-buying-at-49/articleshow/10301549.cms > > On Nov 14, 2011, at 7:27 AM, Mikus Grinbergs wrote: > >> Low-cost Aakash tablet: >>> http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/26/aakash-android-tablet-exclusive/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed:+Venturebeat+(VentureBeat) >> >> ___ >> Devel mailing list >> Devel@lists.laptop.org >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > > ___ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: [Server-devel] Host AP on XO-1.75 and XO-3
Hi all: On Wed, 2011-10-05 at 08:09 -0400, Kevin Gordon wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 4:25 AM, Peter Robinson > wrote: > On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Sridhar Dhanapalan > wrote: > > Just wondering whether the XO-1.75 and XO-3 will be capable > of hosting > > a wireless network. > > > > I'm asking because we are interested in using an XO as a > lightweight XS server. > > > The XO 1.75 uses the exact same wifi module as the 1.5 so the > functionality is the same, and so you'll be able to on the > 1.75, > there's still discussion on the OS for the 3.0 but then I'm > not sure > how usable a tablet would be as a server anyway. > > If I could be so bold as to posit to the community: I'm not sure > whether the request as stated, and answer as given, is actually the > case, in an out-of-the box, especially if you have a mixed XO > environment. If by acting as an AP, you mean appearing on the > neighbourhood view as an AP, and not a peer, and then providing a > shared internet connection, in my experience, that really isn't > provided by a vanilla install of the XO software, even on the 1.5. > True, think some of the kernel modules are missing for iptables support. > Once all the XO buddies (XO 1 and 1.5) atttach to a 'real' AP, all > machines on that AP can see each other, and get out to the Internet > through the AP's running as a router. In the other case, in a mixed > XO1 and XO1.5 environment where everyone attaches to a single XO 1.5 > on the ad-hoc network, without some custom routing entries, I can't > see it providing a shared internet connection. Not to say it cant be > done, but I haven't found it to work that way out of the box. > Sugar forces the use of link-local addresses for ad-hoc networks, doesn't even try to use dhcp once connected to the XO based AP, but while in gnome the network behaves normally. This is a real PITA if you want to use a ad-hoc network with a dhcp server to handle the ip address assignment, and thus the routing to the gateway. This should be better with NM-9 and sugar 95.2 but I haven't tried yet. > So, I guess it depends on what you mean by 'using an XO as a > lightweight XS server', and whether you will install your own O/S and > a subset of the existing XS code on the 1.75, pretty much like you > would have too to on the1.5 to get it to act like a real AP and router > and server. Putting a wireless router an AP in the middle with a > default route to another XO on a separate subnet running some XS > server code that in turn connects out maybe the USB ethernet port to > the WAN might work. Without some real router protocols active, > hairpinning issues will also arise if you try to just hook back to the > same subnet. > That is just some routing and dns... :/ > So bottom line (unless I'm way out of the loop in ancient history - > which sometimes happens) , is that from what Peter is saying, if you > already have an acceptable infrastucture which is currently working on > an XO 1.5, then there is no reason for it not to work on a 1.75. > However it would be my prediction that if you were hoping to have a > vanilla XO 1.75 now run as a WAP, that may still not be as simple as > you want. > Not yet, but I have some work in progress. Jerry ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: [OLPC Engineering] [Techteam] 11.3.1 build 11 released for XO-1.75
>> Sorry to butt in What is the recommended way to identify the >> type/model of keyboard/trackpad? > > Good question. This should be put on a Wiki page. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Support_FAQ/Mouse,_Touchpad ? -- =S Page ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
