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Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:42 AM
Subject: FYI: Marvell $99 All-in-one 'Moby' Tablet
thought this may be of interest to some...
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> Marvell Drives Education Revolution with $99 All-in-One 'Moby' Tablet
> Designed for the World's Students
>
> Connected Multimedia Pad Packs a Punch; Offers Students Everything They
> Need ina Single Lightweight Device: eReader for Textbooks, Live 1080p HD
> Content, FullFlash Internet, 3D Modeling and Gaming Graphics, Live
> Conferencing and SocialMediaCompany to Announce Pilot Program in Struggling
> US School DistrictNEW YORK, March 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Marvell a
> worldwide leader in integrated silicon solutions, this week announced a bold
> new education initiative to deliver a high performance mobile tablet based
> on its leading silicon platform. For about $99, Marvell's Moby tablet
> prototype promises to change the way students learn by delivering an
> always-on, high performance multimedia tablet featuring live, real-time
> content, 1080p full-HD and 3D media, and full Flash Internet. Marvell's Moby
> tablet could eliminate the need for students to buy and carry bound
> textbooks and an array of other tools.
>
> Announcing the initiative this week during her keynote speech to the
> country's leading publishers at the Future of Publishing conference in New
> York City, Marvell Co-founder Weili Dai said that the Moby tablet is a
> technology whose time had come.
>
> "Education is the most pressing social and economic issue facing our
> country and our times. I believe the Marvell Moby tablet can ignite a
> life-long passion for learning in all students everywhere. Marvell's goal is
> to fundamentally improve the way students learn by giving them more
> efficient, relevant - even fun tools to use. Marvell's Moby tablet
> recognizes that every student learns differently and so it delivers an array
> of media choices for different learning styles," said Weili Dai, Marvell's
> Co-founder and Vice President and General Manager of Marvell Semiconductor's
> Consumer and Computing Business Unit. " 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."
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> Besides providing a superior learning tool, Marvell's Dai said the Moby
> tablet addresses three important issues today:
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> Printed textbooks are not current: Many textbooks are already outdated or
> obsolete by the time they leave the publishers' loading docks and they are
> expected to be used for many years. According to a study by the New York
> Library Association, the average book in New York public school libraries is
> between 21 to 25 years old.
>
>
> -- Electronic versions of textbooks on Marvell's Moby tablet can be
> continuously updated and refreshed.The rising cost of textbooks: According
> to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the average cost of a single
> textbook for even secondary school students can range from $60 to $200. And
> textbook costs are spiraling. In California, the state auditor reported that
> school book prices have skyrocketed 30 percent in four years. At the
> university level, according to the GAO, the average estimated cost of books
> and supplies for a first-time, full-time college student in 2003-04 was $898
> at four-year public institutions.
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>
> -- Downloadable electronic versions of textbooks for Marvell's Moby tablet
> could sell for a fraction of the bound versions.School bags are too
> heavy for students: Studies conducted around the world show that students
> today are carrying too much weight - often in excess of 15 percent of their
> body weight in school books and supplies. One study of Californian high
> schools showed that the average weight of a physics textbook is 4.8 pounds.
> According to the American Academy of Orthopedics, neck and shoulder injuries
> from overweight backpacks have become among the fastest-growing health
> concerns for the world's children.
>
>
> -- Actual size and weight vary by configuration, but Marvell's ultra thin
> and light Moby tablet is expected to hold a full year's worth of books
> but weigh less than half of one typical textbook.According to Ms. Dai,
> Marvell will soon announce a pilot program in partnership with the District
> of Columbia Public School system (DCPS) where the Company will donate a Moby
> tablet to every child in an at-risk school as part of a multi-year program
> in new media and learning. Details of this program will be announced at a
> future date.
>
> Marvell has made a long-term commitment to supporting education at all
> levels and is the largest sponsor of the One Laptop per Child program which
> is bringing much-needed netbook computers to the developing world.
>
> About Marvell Moby Tablet
>
> Powered by high-performance, highly scalable, and low-power MarvellR
> ARMADAT 600 series of application processors, the Moby tablet features
> gigahertz-class processor speed, 1080p full-HD encode and decode,
> intelligent power management, power-efficient Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/FM/GPS
> connectivity, high performance 3D graphics capability and support for
> multiple software standards including full Adobe Flash, AndroidT and Windows
> Mobile. The ultra low power Moby tablet is designed for long-battery life.
>
>
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