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-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: OLPC machines are shipping Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:34:16 -0500 From: Nicholas Bodley <[hidden email]> Organization: Org.: A good idea To: Bill Horne <[hidden email]> References: <[hidden email]> <[hidden email]> Bill, I've been following the XO rather closely, and until John replies... On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:26:12 -0500, Bill Horne <[hidden email]> wrote: > 2. How big is the keyboard? Child-finger-size, I'd say. Nevertheless, looks usable by adults. > 3. QWERTY? Yup. Also some extra unique keys. (I truly hope for Dvorak, or even possibly Colemak, not well known yet, but near-optimal and closer to QWERTY for the less-used letters). Has different keyboards for other countries. > 4. Battery life is supposed to be exceptional. True? Afaik, quite true, possibly 12 hours under some conditions; also much better cycle life. IIrc, it's Li - Fe phosphate chemistry. They have been working really hard to make it as good as they can. > 5. Does the yo-yo recharger come with it or is it extra? Afaik, does not come with it; not even sure it's avail., yet, but I could be wrong. HTH, a bit! Enjoy! If you see fit, quite OK to forward to all of BLU. -- Nicholas Bodley Waltham, Mass. Thank you, Nicholas, that's very good info. Bill -- Lookng back through time you know its clear that i've been blind I've been a fool To open up my heart to all that jealousy that bitterness that ridicule David Gray -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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