XO laptop coming via Amazon

Paul Mah — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:53:01 -0400

The OLPC foundation will begin offering its XO laptop for sales through giant online retailer Amazon. This comes in the wake of an earlier stream of problems with its "Give 1 Get 1" (G1G1) initiative, which saw canceled orders due to various hiccups stemming from production delays and delivery problems. Certainly, this will allow the OLPC Foundation to tap into Amazon's vast experience in logistics and order fulfillment. For those who are not aware, the OLPC's G1G1 scheme entails consumers being charged $398 for two units of the XO. One unit will be delivered to the consumer, while the other unit will be donated to needy children in a developing country.

To read more about the G1G1 scheme:
- check out this article from The Tech Herald

Did sales of e-book readers exceed 1 million units?

Paul Mah — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:42:55 -0400

Evan Schnittman of OUPblog thinks that electronic e-book readers the likes of Amazon's Kindle and Sony's Reader could be close to a million units in 2008. Though some of the extrapolation might be too big a stretch, his analysis based on sales of the e-ink screen is interesting. Article