http://www.marketwatch.com/story/dell-delivers-on-commitment-to-provide-greater-access-to-technology-in-classrooms-200963015120
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Dell-Latitude-2100-Netbook-Sold-in-More-Than-500-US-School-Districts-115376.shtml Dell has just launched the charging station/router at NECC ("Mobile Computing Station") and has announced a "private cloud" partnership with Stoneware. This seems to be for older students, not K-6. They are claiming 500 (!) school districts have already purchased the Latitude 2100, but without being clear if the purchases were 1 unit for testing, or a fleet for 1:1 computing. Sean On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Sean DALY<[email protected]> wrote: > http://content.dell.com/us/en/corp/d/press-releases/2009-05-19-Latitude2100.aspx > > http://en.community.dell.com/blogs/direct2dell/archive/2009/05/19/latitude-2100-dell-netbook-for-schools.aspx > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/dellphotos/sets/72157618110617117/ > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_1N9UtEZWc > > http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10243917-1.html > (Unfortunately, the writer has apparently never heard of OLPC and the > XO, crediting the Intel Classmate for being "the first netbook" :-/ ) > > http://www.Edu4u.com = New Dell online community for educators; > education-specific "Educational Personal Purchase Programs"; software > preloading service ("ImageDirect") so school districts can receive > ready-to-deploy computers not needing admin prep; "TechKnow" 40-hour > training program to help students troubleshoot tech problems directly; > "webNetwork private cloud" pilot claims to provide "secure web access > to web, hosted web or Windows applications and data, from anywhere, > using any device." > > > Dell Latitude 2100: > > * Aimed specifically at education market. > > * Choice of Windows XP Home, Vista Home Basic or Ubuntu (!). > > * 10.1" 1024x576 LED screen; optional touchscreen claimed as a "first" > for an educational netbook. > > * Intel Atom N270, 1 Gb of RAM > > * Storage: hard drive < 250Gb, SSD < 16Gb > > * "Surfing" LED bar on the top of opened cover ("Network Activity > Light") designed to inform teacher when kids have wireless activity; > apparently can be called by applications. No info about whether it can > be turned off (in a class running Sugar, all those machines would be > blinking all the time, could drive anybody nuts) > > * Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11g standard, 802.11n optional > > * SD/MMC card reader. > > * VGA port, 3 USB ports, headphone/speaker out, microphone in > > * Rubberized case (optional strap with locking anti-theft feature) in > five colors ("School Bus Gold, Chalkboard Black, Ball Field Green, > Blue Ribbon and Schoolhouse Red"... reminds me of my beloved 1966 > Chevy Chevelle in "Tropic Turquoise") > > * 24-bay classroom charging station available in the US and has LAN > update feature for admins. > > * Window on battery pack for inserting school & student name. > > * Optional webcam. > > * Optional anti-microbial keyboard (US-only; for my part, I recommend > "wash hands with soap") > > * MSRP: $369 > > > Sean > Sugar Labs Marketing Coordinator > _______________________________________________ Marketing mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing
