[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Re: Maemo on the 100-dollar laptop

[From: Clemens Eisserer]

Hi again,

First of all I think this clearly belongs to maemo-users since
maemo-developers is loaded enough with developer-only questions.

> I think one thing people overlook with the HDC (hundred-dollar computer) is
> that governments are expected to buy it, in quantities of millions. I think
> the Nokia 770 could go for $100 with that size order too.

First of all the 770 has no keyboard so it could not be used as a
general computer, furthermore it consits of tons of expensive parts.
The display for example is high-quality and has a great resolution
which makes it quite expensive, furthermore parts like 160mb memory,
bluetooth, wlan, mp3-codec licenses etc. all sum up.

lg Clemens