Schools to be offered low-cost, low-spec ‘Education Tablets’ by Intel

Intel is hoping to help schools make the transition to electronic learning with the announcement of two low-spec Android tablets intended to be cheap enough for bulk purchase, reports PhoneArena.

The smaller and presumably cheaper of the two comes with an Atom Z2420 chip running at 1.2GHz, 1GB of RAM, and a 7-inch, 1024 by 600 pixel display. There are also 8GB of storage, a built-in speaker and mike, basic front and rear cameras, and a sealed battery that should last through 8 hours of usage. That the tablet is resistant to some water and shock damage, bearing IP41 certification, is worth noting.

The larger of the two Intel Education Tablets is powered by a 1.6GHz Atom Z2460 processor backed by 1GB of RAM and its 10.1-inch display has a resolution of 1280 by 800 pixels. It offers twice the built-in storage, 16 gigs …

Although the tablets are low-end, they will come with bundled education software and learning-focused accessories like a magnification lens for the camera and a temperature probe.

Pricing and availability is as yet unknown, but with those specs we’d expect them to be significantly more affordable than the 640,000 iPads being bought by the LA Unified School District.