[Marketing] Dell Latitude 2100 School Netbooks: Dell PR + Dell blog post + Flickr set + YouTuve vid + CNet article

[Sean DALY]

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/dell-delivers-on-commitment-to-provide-greater-access-to-technology-in-classrooms-200963015120

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Dell-Latitude-2100-Netbook-Sold-in-More-Than-500-US-School-Districts-115376.shtml

Dell has just launched the charging station/router at NECC ("Mobile
Computing Station") and has announced a "private cloud" partnership
with Stoneware. This seems to be for older students, not K-6.

They are claiming 500 (!) school districts have already purchased the
Latitude 2100, but without being clear if the purchases were 1 unit
for testing, or a fleet for 1:1 computing.

Sean


On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Sean DALY<sdaly.be at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://content.dell.com/us/en/corp/d/press-releases/2009-05-19-Latitude2100.aspx
>
> http://en.community.dell.com/blogs/direct2dell/archive/2009/05/19/latitude-2100-dell-netbook-for-schools.aspx
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/dellphotos/sets/72157618110617117/
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_1N9UtEZWc
>
> http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10243917-1.html
> (Unfortunately, the writer has apparently never heard of OLPC and the
> XO, crediting the Intel Classmate for being "the first netbook" :-/  )
>
> http://www.Edu4u.com = New Dell online community for educators;
> education-specific "Educational Personal Purchase Programs"; software
> preloading service ("ImageDirect") so school districts can receive
> ready-to-deploy computers not needing admin prep; "TechKnow" 40-hour
> training program to help students troubleshoot tech problems directly;
> "webNetwork private cloud" pilot claims to provide "secure web access
> to web, hosted web or Windows applications and data, from anywhere,
> using any device."
>
>
> Dell Latitude 2100:
>
> * Aimed specifically at education market.
>
> * Choice of Windows XP Home, Vista Home Basic or Ubuntu (!).
>
> * 10.1" 1024x576 LED screen; optional touchscreen claimed as a "first"
> for an educational netbook.
>
> * Intel Atom N270, 1 Gb of RAM
>
> * Storage: hard drive < 250Gb, SSD < 16Gb
>
> * "Surfing" LED bar on the top of opened cover ("Network Activity
> Light") designed to inform teacher when kids have wireless activity;
> apparently can be called by applications. No info about whether it can
> be turned off (in a class running Sugar, all those machines would be
> blinking all the time, could drive anybody nuts)
>
> * Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11g standard, 802.11n optional
>
> * SD/MMC card reader.
>
> * VGA port, 3 USB ports, headphone/speaker out, microphone in
>
> * Rubberized case (optional strap with locking anti-theft feature) in
> five colors ("School Bus Gold, Chalkboard Black, Ball Field Green,
> Blue Ribbon and Schoolhouse Red"... reminds me of my beloved 1966
> Chevy Chevelle in "Tropic Turquoise")
>
> * 24-bay classroom charging station available in the US and has LAN
> update feature for admins.
>
> * Window on battery pack for inserting school & student name.
>
> * Optional webcam.
>
> * Optional anti-microbial keyboard (US-only; for my part, I recommend
> "wash hands with soap")
>
> * MSRP: $369
>
>
> Sean
> Sugar Labs Marketing Coordinator
>