XO-3 was a design for a tablet/e-book reader intended to be developed under the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) initiative, but the project was cancelled in November 2012, [1] replaced by the XO tablet.

The OLPC XO-3 was scheduled for release in late 2012. It was canceled in favor of the XO-4. It featured one solid color multi-touch screen design, and a solar panel in the cover or carrying case. The XO 4 is a refresh of the XO 1 to 1.75 with a later ARM CPU and an optional touch screen.

XO-3 is designed around the Armada 610 system on a chip. Mass storage: 4 GiB to 16 GiB NAND flash in an eMMC device soldered to the motherboard. No rotating media. Unlike many tablets, we are still including an Embedded Controller to handle battery charging and power sequencing (subject to change):

OLPC had several designs which saw some development, but never progressed further than sample production: the XO-3, the XS School server, the Multibattery Charger, and the Active Antenna. From 2010 to 2012, OLPC worked on developing a …

XO-3 Tablet Alpha test model, also known as A-test or A1. The A1 was the first prototype of the XO-3 built. The bring up happened in early December 2011. The number of boards obtained was small, and distribution was limited to demonstrations, hardware testing, and UI development.

Mar 15, 2011 · Bottom: THe XO-3, the next generation of the OLPC. UX: The new tablet, XO-3, looks very different than the XO-1, the original laptop. How did you arrive at the new design?

Jun 26, 2012 · Shipment of the XO-3 tablet has been delayed as One Laptop Per Child finalizes the design and seeks partners to make the product, said the non-profit organization’s founder and chairman...

Dec 22, 2009 · • XO 3.0 – The XO 3.0 is a totally different approach, to be available in 2012 and at a target price well below $100. It will feature a new design using a single sheet of flexible plastic and will be unbreakable and without holes in it.

Jan 7, 2012 · OLPC's XO 3.0 tablet for children of the developing world is finally ready. It will have a 8-inch display, a choice of Android or Sugar operating systems, and a outdoor readable display.

Jan 9, 2012 · San Francisco studio fuseproject have unveiled the OLPC XO-3, a tablet computer for the next generation of the One Laptop Per Child project to distribute robust, cheap, self-powered computers...