XO-3 was a design for a
tablet/
e-book reader
An e-reader, also called an e reader or e device, is a Mobile computing, mobile electronic device that is designed primarily for the purpose of reading digital e-books and Periodical literature, periodicals.
Any device that can display text on ...
intended to be developed under the
One Laptop per Child (OLPC) initiative, but the project was cancelled in November 2012, replaced by the
XO tablet.
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 together with the same
ARM processor
ARM (stylised in lowercase as arm, formerly an acronym for Advanced RISC Machines and originally Acorn RISC Machine) is a family of RISC instruction set architectures (ISAs) for computer processors. Arm Holdings develops the ISAs and licen ...
.
The XO-3 featured an 8-inch 4:3 1024 × 768-resolution display and used a
Marvell Technology Group
Marvell Technology, Inc. is an American company, headquartered in Santa Clara, California, which develops and produces semiconductors and related technology. Founded in 1995, the company had more than 6,500 employees as of 2024, with over 10,000 ...
Marvell Armada PXA618
SoC
SOC, SoC, Soc, may refer to:
Science and technology
* Information security operations center, in an organization, a centralized unit that deals with computer security issues
* Selectable output control
* Separation of concerns, a program design pr ...
. The XO-3 was intended to feature innovative charging options such as a
hand crank or a
solar panel
A solar panel is a device that converts sunlight into electricity by using photovoltaic (PV) cells. PV cells are made of materials that produce excited electrons when exposed to light. These electrons flow through a circuit and produce direct ...
.
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
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(CES) in January, 2012 as shown on
BBC News
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technology programme ''
Click''.
References
External links
OLPC article about the XO-3
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One Laptop per Child
Tablet computers
Linux-based devices