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Originally Posted by Sgt.Stubby
The FAQ doesn't mention availability.
There was a "give one get one" program where you pay for two and get one (the other goes to a needy kid). That program was discontinued, and it was the only "front door" way to get one. Is that what you're referring to? AFAIK, the "back door" method is still there (where you pay an insider to get you a developer edition). I've not heard otherwise. You can ask around in #olpc on freenode if you're interested. Also try contacting someone at http://www.unleashkids.org/. Take a look at the "projects" listed on laptop.org. Every project potentially has a possible way to get one. Indeed it's exotic in that sense.
Older used versions from the "give one get one" program occasionally appear on craigslist. They go for around $100 a year ago. The new (harder to get) xo-4's generally go for $300. |
The question that I quoted was *specifically* "How will these be distributed". It says that they are "sold to governments and issued to children by schools on a basis of one laptop per child" and that "An additional allocation of machines was used to seed the developer community". (note the use of the word "was" in that sentence, implying that the developer allocation has ended).
To me, this says that the only way to get a *new* one is from the grey market. This is not a road most people would ever consider.
All of this information put together makes this *at the very least*, an "exotic" option.
Even more importantly for this thread, the xo-4 is a *laptop*, which is not generally considered to be an e-reader. The OP actually said that he/she was not really interested in it.
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Originally Posted by mouha
Well OLPC is a good initiative, but I don't see it as a ebook reader anyway, more for daily uses : laptop
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