Remember that “$100 laptop” from the OLPC Foundation? Well, it’s not coming in at $100. In fact, it’s coming in at almost double that – and in some cases MORE than double that.

The latest price bump by the Foundation has pushed the overall cost of each XO-1 up to $188 – which is up from the previous bump of $176 back in May. In some countries, the cost is even higher. In Uruguay the XO-1 is up to $205 due to a partnership with Brightstar Uruguay SA.

While the device is a steal even at $205 in my opinion, this has really got to be bad news for the Foundation. That “$100 laptop” tagline has got to go for starters. When you set the price on something ahead of time like this, you set its value. When the Foundation started this thing, they created the value of this machine – it was $100. Now they’re more than doubling that price in some cases, and no matter what they do to it, it now seems devalued in the eyes of most people.

That’s unfortunate.

via Engadget

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