Intel reveals 7-inch and 10-inch 'Intel Education Tablets'.

by Mark Tyson on 6 August 2013, 11:45

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Intel has added a page to its website detailing two new Atom powered Android tablets it wants to flog to education customers. The pair offer different screen sizes, 7-inch and 10-inch, and pretty different tech specs but both tablets feature Atom processors, Wi-Fi, a 2MP camera on the back and a 0.3MP one on the front, a microSD slot, micro USB connector and Intel educational software. Interesting school-science-friendly accessories compatible with either tablet include a snap-on magnification lens and a thermal probe. Intel doesn't detail pricing or availability on its website at this time.

7-inch Intel Education Tablet

This smaller tablet Intel is hoping to appeal to the education market is powered by a single-core Atom Z2420 chip which runs at 1.2GHz, accompanied by 1GB of RAM. The 7-inch screen is a 1024 x 600 resolution affair. Intel claims this 355g, 9.95mm thick tablet with 8GB of built-in storage can run for nearly 8 hours on its 4200mAh battery. Possibly of importance for 'educational environments', this tablet can survive a 60cm drop and is water resistant.

10-inch Intel Education Tablet

Intel's 10-inch educational tablet features the more powerful single-core with hyperthreading Z2460 Atom processor running at 1.6GHz, also complemented by 1GB of RAM. However this time the tablet comes with Android ICS installed. This larger tablet has a 1280 x 800 TFT and a capacitive stylus included. Intel claims this 689g, 13.2mm thick tablet can run for over 6.5 hours on its 6600mAh battery. Again you can augment the storage with a microSD card but this larger tab comes with 16GB built-in storage as standard. You can't drop this one from 60cm, but 50cm is OK, it is similarly water resistant to its smaller brother.

Intel's special pre-installed software suite on both these tablets includes utilities McAfee Mobile Security and Intel Education Theft Deterrent 1.2. For actual educational purposes we have a suite of apps including Engage: Kno Interactive eReader, Lab Camera, PASCO SPARKvue Science application, My Notes Keeper, media camera, ArtRage, Intel education resources and Empower Educators: Classroom Management to manage efficient classrooms and collaboration.



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Nice, I'll be keeping an eye out for this. However, there isn't a person working in educational IT in this country that wouldn't shudder at the thought if they named this “Digital Blue” to go with their other utterly, utterly diabolical attempts at educational hardware.
Why not just get the best seven inch tablet for schools, the Nexus 7?
I don't understand what kind of ‘enterprising businessman’ thought our schools needed graphic tablets for the children's use, for example it shows it being used as some kind of data logger above, come-on! Get your self a raspberry pi and save money then teach children how to use linux, would kill two birds with one stone
sirtrouserpress
I don't understand what kind of ‘enterprising businessman’ thought our schools needed graphic tablets for the children's use, for example it shows it being used as some kind of data logger above, come-on! Get your self a raspberry pi and save money then teach children how to use linux, would kill two birds with one stone

Because that would be really useful in a 60 minute biology lesson.
snootyjim
Because that would be really useful in a 60 minute biology lesson.

But the cost of all this hardware is unthinkable when applied to most schools, besides synergy between subjects can allow for less stubborn time restraints. EG Linux could be taught in ICT instead of spreadsheets and word-processors which i'm pretty sure are self explanatory enough…