My understanding is that image is a prototype, not the final product... we'll wait & see :-)
Marvell could have multiplied their press impact with photos and didn't; my guess is that they had the hard deadline of the publisher's conference but couldn't organize a mockup or finalized prototype in time Sean On 3/19/10, Carlo Falciola <cfalci...@yahoo.it> wrote: > > > Here's a picture.... > > > http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/marvell-pitches-99-moby-tablet-as-textbook-alternative/ > > > > ciao carlo > > > --- Ven 19/3/10, Sean DALY <sdaly...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > > > Da: Sean DALY <sdaly...@gmail.com> > > Oggetto: [Marketing] Competitive Landscape: Marvell Moby $99 tablet > "Designed for the World's Students" > > > A: "Sugar Labs Marketing" <marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org> > > > Data: Venerdì 19 marzo 2010, 12:13 > > > 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 * Replace bulky, heavy, out-of-date textbooks (1 zillion 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, Android™ 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 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Marketing mailing list Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing
