Marvell Announces $99 Moby Tablet for Students
Following the lead of XO Laptops One Laptop Per Child, Give 1 Get 1 Program, Marvell has taken its own bold new education initiative in creating an inexpensive mobile tablet for students. Priced at $99, Marvell's Moby tablet prototype aims to deliver an always-on, high performance multimedia touchscreen tablet featuring real-time content, 1080p full-HD and 3D media, and full Flash support. The goal is to offer a lightweight alternative to heavy textbooks with this ebook eReader Moby tablet.
Marvell will be announcing a pilot program for the Moby tablet in partnership with the District of Columbia Public School system, where every child in an at-risk school will receive the device as part of a multi-year program in new media and learning. Right on Marvell!
The Moby tablet is powered by a high-performance, highly scalable, and low-power Marvell ARMADA 600 series processors, and it features gigahertz-class processor speed, intelligent power management, power-efficient Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/FM/GPS connectivity, high performance 3D graphics capability and support for Android and Windows Mobile.
"Marvell can help propel education into the 21st century with an all-in-one device that gives students access to the best live content, information and resources the world has to offer — from books and online sources, in text, video, news, music, data expression or any medium. With Moby tablet, students can conduct primary research, reach out directly to the world's leading subject experts and even collaborate with one another around the globe. Best of all, the device is highly affordable. I envision Marvell's Moby tablets to benefit all students around the world."
