Intel Launches new 7 & 10-inch Education Tablets

Ever since Intel released the Classmate PC more than a few years ago, it has taken a very bold step in providing educational technology to students in the developing and developed world. The company has presently announced the next phase of its hard work. Yes, it publicized a pair of tablets that are designed to interface with sensor packages, including educational software, and are Android based rather than Microsoft Windows.

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The two tablets have almost same, though not exact, hardware specs. The 7-inch design has a 1024×600 touch screen, runs Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean), and offers 8GB of storage while the 10-inch tablet has a 1280×800 display and 16GB of RAM.

Strangely, the 10-inch tablet is actually known as running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) rather than Jelly Bean. The 10-inch tablet’s screen is listed as a “Capacitive multi-touch” model including a stylus, involving that the 7-inch model might use an older, resistive touch-screen. Besides this, the integrated CPU is also dissimilar; the smaller device uses the Intel Atom Z2420 CPU (single-core Atom, Hyper-Threading enabled), while the 10-inch design has a Medfield chip at 1.6GHz (HT-enabled).

Both the devices enclose front and rear-facing cameras, 1GB of RAM, integrated WiFi, optional Bluetooth, and between 6.5 – 8 hours of battery life (the 7-inch tablet has a battery time at the lower end, the 10-inch tablet at the higher). The 7-inch system has a GPS and eCompass as well, while the 10-inch does not include these options.

What is more interesting to know is that Intel is shipping the Education Tablets with a snap-on magnification lens for a better close-up viewing and the tablets come equipped with a thermal probe that plugs into a port on the tablet. We know the fact, that’s not sufficient to turn the devices into tri-recorders, but it still indicates at interesting expandability and capability that a usual lower-end tablet has not got to offer.

Not forgetting the main purpose behind manufacturing these tabs, Intel also ships the devices with a full set of online textbooks from Kno, drawing software ArtRage, Pasco’s SPARKVue “probeware” (their term, not ours), and additional resources for students and teachers.

Source: Intel | News Archive