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[Brad Montgomery]

They are shipping (albeit slowly).  I bought two (for both of my daughters) and here's why:

1. Yes, it's *just* a raspberry pi, but it's also got some other parts (wifi, speaker, case, stickers) and the custom bluetooth keyboard (great for small hands; not so much for adults. 

2. KanoOS is what's really amazing. It's free, open, and you can load it on a regular rpi (with some work): http://www.kano.me/downloads. IMHO, this is where the magic happens. It's nicely done kids-focused ui, and there's tools for learning how to use the computer and build things (simple games). It also comes with a nice booklet that guides kids through assembly and startup up the thing. My 9-year-old put hers together with about 5 seconds worth of help from me (plugging in the hdmi cable).

3. I wanted to support this project. They *did* build a custom piece of hardware (the keyboard), but they also did some amazing working assembling the software.

I think I paid $250 total for two kano kits. If you want to get kids into computing, it's a great buy. If you want to dabble with a raspberri pi for yourself, just get the cheap kit.

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Raspberry Pi kit?

Keith W Sheffield <sh...@pobox.com>: Oct 08 06:48PM -0500 I saw a news article that the Kano Raspberry Pi kits are shipping ( http://kano.me/kit), but at $150, it seems a little expensive compared to this: http://www.amazon.com/CanaKit-Raspberry-Complete-Original-Preloaded/dp/B008XVAVAW   Are there better options available?

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[go...@kloek.com]

This has already been picked up.
Thanks.