A French-based multinational electronics company called 'Archos', has launched new tablets and laptops under its education range of devices. The devices were launched as a part of Grand Digital Schools Project. The company has a plan to provide around 50,000 laptops and tablets to high school students by the end of this year. It also aims to grant 1 million devices to the middle and high school students by next year (2016).
These devices have come up with 9-inch and 14-inch displays and will be available in a choice of Operating Systems- Windows 8.1 or Android. The tablet is powered by a quad-core Intel processor clocked at 1.8GHz coupled with 2GB of RAM. It is equipped with 64GB of in-built storage and both the devices include a 2-megapixel rear camera and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. It is also available with detachable keyboards. The laptop runs on the same processor but with different memories and storage capacities, viz. 4GB of RAM and 250GB of storage. The laptop has the same battery life of up to 8 hours and is priced at EUR 300 (exclusive of taxes).
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These new devices are designed for use in the classroom. It is however not clear if the company has any plans to sell them directly to consumers. Archos will also be allowing school boards to customize the hardware, pre-install select software and apps from Google Play for Android-powered tablets. School administrators will also be able to remotely manage the devices.
Key-Specification for Notebook & Tablet
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Notebook
Notebook: Archos 10 Processor: Intel Atom N270 RAM:2GB Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 Display: 10.2 inch, 4:3, 1024x768 pixels, glossy: yes Weight: 1.3kg Price: 350 euro Processor Manufacturer: Intel Processor Model: N270 Processor Speed: 1.60 GHz Chipset Model: 945GSE Express. |
Tablet
CPU: Rockchip RK 3066 Dual-core @ 1.6GHz GPU: Quad-core GPU Mali 400 MP4 RAM: 2 GB Internal Storage: 64 GB Operating System: Android 4.1 Application Store: Google Play Internet browser: Chrome Loudspeakers: Back facing speaker Audio out: 3.5mm Jack Microphone: Yes USB: Micro USB HDMI: Yes, HDMI output. |
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