Comments on: OLPC laptop passes N.Y. Times columnist’s screen test: Now how about .epub and a kick-start for publishers in dev countries?

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 03 May 2008 12:50:35 +0000

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By: Mike Cane

Mike Cane — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 15:36:55 +0000

>>>Hadrien, on the OLPC laptop: I am considering getting one, although I don’t know for sure when.

Well it should be during that window of Buy-One/Give-One, shouldn’t it? (Working on your Guilt! Ha!)

I’m undecided. The keyboard is definitely not for real typing. I’m not sure about that screen, either. The Asus Eee is a real machine.

By: pond

pond — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:24:51 +0000

I want one!

though they are pretty rare, hands-on reviews such as Pogue’s have all been incredibly favorable, even raves – at least all the ones I have seen. Each one makes me want the XO! It reminds me a little of the fanatic raving and drooling among the Apple fans when a their company releases something new.

Does Mr Negroponte have his own reality-distortion field? Does the XO?

Pogue is the first to mention the $12 add-on solar panel for running the XO off the sun. I wonder how that rubber skin will hold up to salt water at the beach?

(I am still waiting for the NY Times’s video servers to be able to deliver the Pogue video on the XO – it seems there is a lot of interest in the ‘kid magnet’ as he calls it.)

By: Hadrien

Hadrien — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:52:34 +0000

I’m ready to offer an OLPC template on Feedbooks as soon as I can test the template, or someone can tell me that the template settings are right for the device (adding this template will only take a few minutes of work for me).

Anyone with an OLPC can already use our custom PDF settings to create e-books for it: http://www.feedbooks.com/user/custom_pdf

But for such a device, I believe we have to go a step further and offer a simple link on every book to download directly an OLPC version of the PDF.

By: David Rothman

David Rothman — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 12:52:10 +0000

Hadrien, on the OLPC laptop: I am considering getting one, although I don’t know for sure when. Also, some readers have expressed interest. If nothing else, I think it would be GREAT publicity for Feedbooks if you offered a customized OLPC version of PDF. You already know of at least one major source of e-book news and views that would give you proper recognition.

Everyone: That isn’t the only thing on Hadrien’s mind. He’s got a cool idea for FBReader and some other programs, and I’ll be writing about it in the next day or so.

Thanks,
David

By: jeff green

jeff green — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 04:37:13 +0000

You’ve got to wonder what ever happened to Adam Smith’s “invisible hand”.

This OLPC screen appears to be a leap forward. Shouldn’t there be a commercial version coming out if not tomorrow perhaps yesterday?

Is it patented technology?

By: Robert Nagle

Robert Nagle — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 22:35:48 +0000

Looking back, it seems really unfortunate that that they didn’t include fbreader.

By: Cerebus

Cerebus — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:24:54 +0000

Absolutely. If only because it runs Smalltalk.

By: Hadrien

Hadrien — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:49:03 +0000

Is anyone planning on buying this one ?

I could add a template for the OLPC on our “custom PDF” page although it would be easier if this device would support ePub.

Well anyway, as long as the device support at least PDF, all of the public domain books/user generated content/RSS available on Feedbooks will work on it.