The OLPC should be no stranger to netbook veterans since it’s one of the devices that spurred the entire market we have today. While everyone is giving away this netbook to deserving school children all over the world, a tiny upgraded version slipped into the FCC recently.

The OLPC XO 1.5 will be replacing the AMD Geode processor with a more powerful VIA C7-M. It also sports 1GB RAM, 4GB flash storage, 802.11 b/g WiFi. It’s expected to sell for US$100, though we’re not sure if that’s retail or if you need to donate one to get one.

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PC World is reporting that Amazon will bring back its Give One Bring One promo for OLPC’s XO netbook this coming November and will run until end of December, just in time for the Christmas shopping rush most probably. Actually, said promo was announced as early as June 2008 but it is only now that Amazon is finally launching the promotional gig for the said netbook, possibly to shoot up its sales figures.

Once launched, the promo will run only for the United States customers. Although there is a possibility that it will also rolled out for customers residing in Europe, Middle East and Africa. 

If Amazon makes this official, we’re pretty sure that others even non-netbook fanatics would be interested to avail of the promo if only for the sheer good purpose that it aims to fulfill – that is to provide kids from underdeveloped areas an XO laptop of their own. 

Hopefully, should Amazon push through with this promo, that they would make this as a global campaign. And finally, this could be the start of the fullfilment of the OLPC’s cause.

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