The original XO OLPC laptop basically just began mass production, yet Negroponte & Co just unvieled the next generation XO laptop today at OLPC’s Global Country Workshop. OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte announced the futuristic looking new model sporting dual touchscreen displays in a smaller tablet folding book-style design.

As you can see from the video and the pictures on Laptopmag.com, the XO 2.0 will be much smaller than the original machine (half the size, according to the press release) and will have a foldable e-book form factor. “The next generation laptop should be a book,” Negroponte said.

According to Negroponte, the second generation of the XO is scheduled to be released in 2010. One of the reasons he is announcing it so early this time around is that he hopes that other manufacturers will actually copy his idea. (via Gizmodo)