The Show on 10, a new Microsoft initiative reports on a private school in Seattle where every student has a Tablet PC. Tablets in School is one of the latest videos from this up-beat daily program.
I think this is a great idea. The challenge for business will be to be ready to allow these students to make use of all the technologies they have been exposed to when they enter the workforce.
It looks like the hype machine got carried away again. The announcements at the Intel Developer Forum and Cebit did not give us the iPod killer that people expected. The information from Microsoft’s Ultra-Mobile PC site provides a little bit of information. Microsoft’s channel 9 has a great interview with Otto Berkes, the architect behind the Ultra-Mobile PC.
Engadget has a number of pictures and articles on the UMPC.
The UMPC will be playing catchup to OQO 01+ mini-tablet PC and the Nokia 770 Linux-based tablet. Battery life will be an issue for all of them.
Channel9 has a geat interview with Bill Gates. Seventeen Minutes With Bill is a casual interview with Microsoft’s blogger Dave Scoble.
Topics include what he does online, prioritization of time and using computing technology to help fight diseases in the third-world. He also talks about how important math is for students. Whether it is a plumber calculating the flow through a piping system or a rock climber calculating the weight and motion when using a set of ropes, math is used in everyday activities.
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