Comments on: OLPC is here http://dubinko.info/blog/2007/12/24/olpc-is-here/ From an XML geek, a reader, a writer, a connector, a man of the people (says keep hope alive) Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:18:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mdubinko http://dubinko.info/blog/2007/12/24/olpc-is-here/comment-page-1/#comment-3841 mdubinko Sun, 30 Dec 2007 02:04:19 +0000 http://dubinko.info/blog/2007/12/24/olpc-is-here/#comment-3841 It has a screen that isn't totally dependent on backlighting like a regular laptop. You would need fairly good ambient lighting, say sunlight, but it is possible to use it that way. It has an "ebook" mode, where the entire unit other than the screen goes to sleep except to turn pages--excellent battery life that way. It reads PDFs and a few other formats. In the monochrome mode, the screen resolution is excellent. Very readable. -m It has a screen that isn’t totally dependent on backlighting like a regular laptop. You would need fairly good ambient lighting, say sunlight, but it is possible to use it that way. It has an “ebook” mode, where the entire unit other than the screen goes to sleep except to turn pages–excellent battery life that way. It reads PDFs and a few other formats.

In the monochrome mode, the screen resolution is excellent. Very readable. -m

]]> By: Bob DuCharme http://dubinko.info/blog/2007/12/24/olpc-is-here/comment-page-1/#comment-3838 Bob DuCharme Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:32:46 +0000 http://dubinko.info/blog/2007/12/24/olpc-is-here/#comment-3838 Hi Micah, I've heard that the OLPC has a separate display mode that is more hi-res hi-contrast (in black and white?) than the regular display mode, which would be key to its potential with competing with something like Kindle or the Sony ebook reader. Is this true, and how does it look? Can you read PDFs in that mode? Hi Micah,

I’ve heard that the OLPC has a separate display mode that is more hi-res hi-contrast (in black and white?) than the regular display mode, which would be key to its potential with competing with something like Kindle or the Sony ebook reader. Is this true, and how does it look? Can you read PDFs in that mode?

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