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Graham
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« on: October 18, 2007, 04:26:54 AM »
After RM's launch of their Asus Minibook at the Handheld Learning Conference last week Jack Schofield from the Guardian ask's "Is the £199 laptop a PC or an appliance?"

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The £199 laptop is about to hit the UK, in the form of the RM Asus MiniBook. RM unveiled the first example at the Handheld Learning conference in London last week, and is taking orders from educational institutions; a consumer version is expected later. Today, however, it's the tiny white hope of those who have aspired to have "one laptop per child" at a price schools can afford.

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Is this the device we've all been waiting for?
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« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2007, 12:10:45 PM »
Is there really one device we've all been waiting for? I don't think so, if the talk about personalisation of learning is an ethos that is worth following then surely we are all waiting for lots of difference devices? The RM Asus being just one of them.

I really don't want to see loads of schoolchildren and students and educators all carrying the same thing! Via la difference! Wink
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« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2007, 01:11:29 PM »
Agree with you Stu there is no single killer solution/device and for some students not using a mobile device may be a reasonable option.
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« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2007, 02:51:12 PM »
Hi,

Just be careful that your views against a single device take into account younger learners as well.
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