On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 7:13 AM, Sean DALY <sdaly...@gmail.com> wrote: > http://www.marvell.com/company/news/press_detail.html?releaseID=1397 > http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/marvell-drives-education-revolution-with-99-all-in-one-moby-tablet-designed-for-the-worlds-students-88376967.html > > No images yet. > > 1-to-1 pilot announced for Washington DC in "an at-risk school". > > OLPC contribution mentioned. > > > Positioning: > * Vehicle for Armada 600 processor > * High performance multimedia capable > * Low price (yet another confirmation of the magic "$100" number) > * e-reader. > * Replace bulky, heavy, out-of-date textbooks (1 zillion parents will > agree about the weight) > * Partnerships with educational textbook publishers (announcement made > at Future of Publishing conference keynote) > * "Collaboration" through internet connectivity > * Complementary to OLPC, since targeted at developed countries. > > > From the PR: "support for multiple software standards including full > Adobe Flash, Androidâ„¢ and Windows Mobile." Note that Adobe's new > strategy to counter the nonFlash iPhone/iPad is to use the word > "full"; implying that nonFlash devices cannot access the "full > internet". > > It is rumored that Apple's iPad will be released with an education > focus or package. > > Sean > _______________________________________________ > Marketing mailing list > Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing >
It seems a number of netbook companies are adopting a strategy re the new Adobe Flash in part to combat the smart-phone market and partly to attract the Flash programming community. -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org _______________________________________________ Marketing mailing list Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing