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OLPC Give One Get One sales confirmed to begin on November 17
Despite some earlier reports that Amazon would begin sales of the next XO laptop Give One Get One program on November 1, it looks like that date was off by a few weeks. The latest information, along with confirmation from the OLPC foundation is that sales will begin on November 17. That’s a bit longer to wait than we originally expected, but on the bright side that just gives us a little longer to put some money aside.
Amazon XO laptop sales further confirmed; Its all Sugar, no Windows XP models
After the recent popularity of the initial news that the ‘Give One Get One’ program would be returning this November with sales being handled through Amazon, the OLPC’s Product Manager Kim Quirk posted a message on wiki.laptop.org further confirming the news, but also added an extra detail that will possibly disappoint some that were a more »
OLPC’s ‘Give One Get One’ program to return November 1, courtesy of Amazon
It turns out the earlier reports were indeed accurate, and the ‘Give One Get One’ program will be making a return later this year, and it will be handled by none other than Amazon.com.
This information comes courtesy of Matt Keller who is the director of Europe, Middle East and Africa at OLPC and he has confirmed that Amazon will begin selling the XO laptop in late November with sales running through the end of December. Keller also went on to clarify their reasoning behind Amazon handling the sales, stating that they are just “a small group of people,” which hopefully will put an end to the shipping issue complaints that we saw last year.
OLPC XO laptop buyers, today is the last day to activate your free T-Mobile Hotspot account
During the “Give 1 Get 1″ sale for the OLPC XO laptop, T-Mobile had been offering a free year of T-Mobile Hotspot access with any G1G1 purchase. Well, it seems that there was a time limit on just when you could activate your account and begin your free year of service and today, June 30 more »
OLPC sells 150,000 XO laptops, may do another G1G1 program in 2008
LaptopMagazine recently had a few words with Nicholas Negroponte regarding the OLPC. With just a few questions asked, we were able to learn a few interesting things. Total sales, not including the big sale for 15,000 units from Birmingham, Alabama are estimated at 150,000 to 170,000 units. There is also a chance at seeing another more »
OLPC ‘Give One Get One’ Program ending soon
The ‘Give One Get One’ program will soon be coming to an end. Originally opened up for sales on November 12, it was supposed to run just until November 26, 2007 but it was extended due to high sales. The program was extended until December 31, 2007 and that is drawing close, you now have more »
