Talk:Product News

I emailed Bill at pvmasters dot com for information about purchasing some of the 5w PV panels (I only want 2...) but I never got a reply. The email didn't bounce, so I assume it was delivered. Any suggestions? email me off list npkeith at gmail dot com

THE WEBSITE IS NOT IN ENGLISH. i WANTED TO ORDER A 5W PANEL AND I COULD NOT FIGURE OUT HOW THROUGH GOOGLE OR THE LINK. THANKS FOR THE QUICK RESPONSE. A XO OWNER. (I will now stop yelling)

Unfortunately I think it is very unlikely you will get a reply from Bill. If you look at the top of the page it says "We regret most products below will only be available to developing countries initially--except where noted (e.g. Weza's foot-powered Portable Energy Source). " For the time being there is not a mechanism to send these power generation devices to individuals - OLPC's focus is very heavily weighted towards offering these solutions to schools in developing countries.

is this true that this product actually exists? and who expects a 10 year old to operate the thing enough time to get an XO charged? 70.124.61.211 18:22, 24 May 2008 (EDT)

I got a response back from bill saying that he would have more information available in a few days time, so I'm still hopeful. -taylor 12 Jan 2008

Alternate sources of supply

Since the early/mid 1990's the C.Crane Co. of northern California has been a US distributor of Freeplay® products, Solarcells, and other alternative energy products.

I've been happily using my FreeplayPlus wind-up Shortwave Radio here in the Rural:Philippines that I bought from then back in 1999.

C. Crane Company, Inc.
1001 Main Street
Fortuna, CA 95540
(800) 522-8863

You should maybe write ask them about stocking/adding to their catalog the Solar (PV) blankets, and any of the other stuff, as OLPC is not a for profit company and are very busy designing and not SUPPLYING commercially these products :) --Chief Mike 00:13, 2 February 2008 (EST)