tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20105749.post-37194809278035251082008-01-21T06:22:00.000-07:002008-01-21T06:40:55.206-07:002008-01-21T06:40:55.206-07:00N810 comes to many UK students.<center><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/thoughtfix/CES2008/photo#5154394228395866338"><img src="http://lh5.google.com/thoughtfix/R4gWPdfb-OI/AAAAAAAAC2M/KtgT9q0yzCw/s400/IMG_0873.JPG" /></a></center><br />In the course of my normal news research for this blog, I stumbled across <a href="http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=178137&d=680&h=608&f=626&dateformat=%25e-%25h-%25y">this article</a>. Apparently, there's a £30 million universal internet access plan in the works for school children.<br /><br />Excerpt 1:<br /><blockquote>The mobile companies set the tone with major announcements to provide mobile devices and platforms for learners. Finnish mobile manufacturer <a href="http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=177858&d=680&h=608&f=626&dateformat=%25e-%25h-%25y">Nokia has teamed up with Sanako</a>, a compatriot education software house, to provide N810 internet tablets to the schools market.</blockquote>This quote is priceless:<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><blockquote>"Handhelds have had a position in education for years," he said. "But restrictions such as costs, technical and input issues have held them back. The N810 can solve this because it's got a large screen, a full QWERTY keyboard, plus stylus and fingernail input and the same browsing experience as you have on your laptop or desktop."</blockquote>Just last week, I was in conversations with a couple developer friends about how difficult it is to get the N810. Unless purchased from Amazon, it seems all distributors (and even the Nokia developer device program) are hard to get. I joke that Amazon is bribing wholesalers to get a bigger share. Seeing the above news, however, makes it all easier to swallow. I hope all those missing N810 tablets are headed to students who could not afford computers.<br /><br />Congratulations, Nokia, on making a big move to send the tablets to the education sector. Bravo!<br /></div>thoughtfixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09805747981436810611noreply@blogger.com