Marvell Introduces $99 Tablet Aimed at Students
Marvell is currently pitching a $99 tablet that's aimed at students and supposed to replace textbooks.
When the Kindle DX came out, Amazon said it could replace all those heavy text books students have to carry around. Test markets soon showed that students at one of the pilot schools found the device disappointing. So how would they feel about Marvell's new, $99 Moby tablet that supports both Android and Windows Mobile?
The device uses an Armada 600 series processor and offers Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, and Flash support. It's also capable of full 1080p HD playback and boasts an FM radio. Marvell says the device should go on sale by the end of this year.
Marvell is hoping to "drive the education revolution" with the Moby, targeting heavy school bags and out of date and expensive textbooks. What do you think? Let us know in the comments below!
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Very nice. But can it play crysis?
Looks like an excellent halfway between a slate and the kindle. Will have to wait 'til someone releases a hands-on to find out more I think...
GPS ... know where your students are when they are supposed to be in class
Why an FM radio though? I have a 10 and 18 yo and radio is only something that they hear in the car, and only if they forget their mp3 players...
Why an FM radio though? I have a 10 and 18 yo and radio is only something that they hear in the car, and only if they forget their mp3 players...
I assume it comes free with the WiFi chipset. I wonder at the $99 price tag, it seems rather cheap (even if it will suffer from the usual 1:1 exchange rate when it crossed to the UK).
I assume it comes free with the WiFi chipset.
What?
Not a bad idea, The FM radio could come in especially handy if it can be set up to record from a transmitter set up to play the audio from a lecture or something.
Hmmmm... I'm still in school and I'm not so sure this is a good alternative to pen and paper. This tablet could be used to replace textbooks, but taking notes would still have to be done by hand. So no. A laptop is imo the only thing that is capable of (partially) replacing pen and paper, but I honestly think that until we have truly natural touchscreens that can be scribbled and written on at will, paper will be the way to go.
what we need is some kind of dual screen, one screen you can use to make notes on, folds up for the pocket...bit like a ds lite but bigger..hey wait a mo