From: "Randy" 

I just 1 GB on my phone via miniSD-and I want MORE....

500+ of AAC-encoded songs-sweet!

"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
news:4288bee0$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Sounded interesting until I saw there was no hard drive.  1 GB of storage
> isn't enough.
>
> Gary
>
> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
> news:4288a343$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>
>>
>
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1093&e=2&u=/pcworld/20050516/
tc_pcworld/120845
>>
>> An ambitious plan by the  Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media
> Lab
>> to develop and distribute a laptop computer costing no more than $100 is
>> expected to take a major step forward next month with the receipt of the
>> first order.
>>
>> Orders from five or six countries, for a total of 6 million machines, are
>> hoped for before a full pilot project can begin, says Nicholas
>> Negroponte,
>> chairman of the MIT Media Lab. He spoke during an in an interview in
>> Tokyo
>> on Monday. The basic aim of the project is to provide a laptop for every
>> child, supplied though any country that wants to offer them.
>>
>> The standard sales model for laptop computers requires a lot of capital
> for
>> distribution, promotion, and profit, but Negroponte is convinced that
>> with
> a
>> simplified sales model and some reengineering of the device itself, the
> $100
>> price point can be realized.
>>
>>
>> The machine won't be available in shops. The company, which has the
> working
>> title of The $100 Laptop, plans to sell laptops in-bulk, directly to
>> government ministries and isn't looking to make a profit. About half the
>> price of a current laptop computer is accounted for by marketing, sales,
>> distribution channels, and profit, so removing those aspects will provide
>> big cost savings, Negroponte says.
>>
>>
>> The remaining half of the laptop's cost is accounted for by the parts and
>> manufacturing, and Negroponte is planning savings there too. Roughly two
>> thirds of this cost is the display panel and associated backlight, but
>> Negroponte's version of the machine will use a projection display system
>> that costs a total of about $30, he says.
>>
>> Linux inside
>>
>> "The rest of the cost is there to support an absolutely obese,
>> overweight,
>> and unreliable operating system. If you get rid of that and start with a
>> thin, tiny operating system you can do an awful lot," Negroponte says.
>>
>>
>> The laptop will run Linux, he says. The distribution hasn't been decided
>> upon yet but the project is in serious discussions with Raleigh, North
>> Carolina-based Red Hat and Beijing's Red Flag Software, Negroponte says.
>>
>>
>> The first generation machine will be based on a 500-MHz processor from
>> Advanced Micro Devices, which is one of the project's main backers, and
> will
>> have 256MB of main memory, 1GB of flash memory in place of a hard drive,
> and
>> a wireless LAN connection, he says. The machines will automatically
> connect
>> with others, forming a mesh network to support communications and also
>> Internet connection sharing and they'll run software including the Skype
>> Voice over IP application, Negroponte says.
>>
>>
>> Plans are already advanced enough to include second and third generation
>> machines, due in 2007 and 2008 respectively, Negroponte says. A prototype
> of
>> the third generation machine he demonstrated was a tablet form-factor
> based
>> on a plastic-film display from E Ink. That machine could also use an
>> advanced printing technology to produce the circuit board further cutting
>> down the price, he says.
>>
>>
>> Current plans call for the first 6 million machines to be manufactured in
>> China and then for regional manufacturing centers to be established.
> Brazil
>> is also interested in building a plant to produce laptops for its market
> and
>> those in South America, Negroponte says.
>>
>>
>> Additional manufacturing will be needed if the project reaches its
> eventual
>> goal: production of between 100 million and 200 million laptops per year.
> In
>> comparison the total worldwide PC market in 2004 was 195 million,
> according
>> to a recent report from IDC.
>>
>>
>>
>
>

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