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[Gabey8]

http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/van-der-leds-jisus-laptop-is-the-answer-to-your-prayers/

Apparently, the multi-colored (and multi-graphic'd) little guys will feature an 800 x 480, 8.9-inch LCD display, a 1GHz Loongson CPU (), 512MB of RAM, 4GB of flash storage, 802.11b/g, stereo speakers, and a whole slew of familiar ports. The Eee-wannabe will apparently come with Ubuntu pre-installed (though frankly it's unclear), and will be retailing for €299 when it hits the streets (the European streets, that is) on April 25th.

My gosh. Everyone laughed in Negroponte's face when he said that there was a need for tiny, reduced-spec, inexpensive laptops. NOW look at what's happened: there's a new minimalist notebook device being announced by SOMEbody every time I click on a techie site. Too bad there's no way for OLPC Foundation to earn a royalty every time someone buys an XO-inspired mini laptop from any manufacturer; at the rate the device market is going, OLPC would be able to GIVE laptops away to schools instead of selling them.

[olpc_franco]

It is inevitable that others would push the envelope to make a more portable computer.

The computer you mention will sell for $470 (in US dollars) plus local VAT.  I do not believe that it will be marketable to third world Ministries of Education.  It will be a new tech toy for the European middle class traveller.  Nokia has their new N810:
http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/nokia-n810-gets-official/

but the Negroponte concept is the only one, I believe, that still advocates getting a cheap machine to children as an educational tool.