David Passell passes along comments with this info, "Since i have two of the first of the little beasts circa 2008, I thought someone might like to see this." He's referring to the One Laptop Per Child project. He goes on to say, "Another small competitor to the iPad? They run Linux. I never used them much cause i'm not a little kid with tiny fingers:).
"A deal with Walmart gives OLPC a shot at bring educational technology to the poor in the U.S. and potentially more scale for emerging markets." Read more here: http://www.zdnet.com/one-laptop-per-child-launches-xo-tablet-via-walmart-7000018175/