We didn't have any fancy touch screens on our toy computers, only hard plastic buttons. These kids today have it easy...
All jokes aside, the One Laptop per Child program is an inspiring effort. Their new XO Laptop 2.0 promises to be lighter, smaller, and easier to use, in addition to being amazing and future-y, as gizmodo puts it.
The XO-2 will employ the dual indoor-and-sunlight displays, which was pioneered by former OLPC CTO Mary Lou Jepsen. The design will provide a right and left page in vertical format, a hinged laptop in horizontal format, and a flat, two-screen continuous surface for use in tablet mode. Younger children will be able to use simple keyboards to get going, and older children will be able to switch between keyboards customized for applications as well as for multiple languages. laptopmag.com
There are still lots of questions to be answered: What is the price? Is it multi-touch? How easy is it for a child to type on a flat screen? Can I throw it down the stairs? Can I spill kool-aid all over it?
But still, compared to what I had when I was a kid it looks like a dream. Even as an adult, I have to say... I want one!!
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