OLPC or One Laptop per Child, the non-profit organization that produces low-cost portable computing devices targeting primary school kids in emerging markets has announced a new tablet device. The company which had claimed to bag around 5 lakh orders from the Indian states of Gujarat and Kerala in 2010, after managing to sell a meagre 2000 units, has announced XO 3.0, a low-cost, low-power tablet at the Consumer Electronics Show-CES 2012 in Las Vegas, USA. The most striking feature of the tablet is the ability to get a charge from off-grid sources, since it sports a unique charging circuitry that allows it to be charged directly by solar panels, hand cranks and other alternative power sources. This makes the device much more relevant for emerging markets in Africa, Asia and Latin America, where grid power supply is limited or erratic. The tablet…
