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Debuted tablet designed specifically for K-12 schools, called Kineo, is based around Google's Android 2.1 operating system, like a number of popular tablets, but provides security features for schools that want to limit what students can do.

"Think about it: Not a single one of the 21% of people who voted for "Honeycomb" has actually used Honeycomb. Not a single one of those has actually read a review of a Honeycomb product, because there are no Honeycomb tablets yet. What people know is that the "big smartphone" experience of 2.2 isn't good enough, and they want something better. What does all of this add up to? Common sense. Android vendors have to undercut the leader on price while significantly ramping up the quality of their experience. The Samsung Galaxy Tab didn't quite do it. It's obvious that the Motorola Xoom will be rejected if it's too expensive. Who's going to solve this equation? "

Good to scratch beneath the surface of price only rationale

"While I am a strong advocate of using the tablet in the classroom, there should be some strategic deployment plans before putting it in the hands of students. Rather than sounding as the expert, I have decided to format the considerations through questions I would ask before purchasing. This list by no means fits everyone's model, but will hopefully serve as a guideline to planning out iPad/iPod/tablet/mobile device deployments."

These are thought provoking questions and an excellent checklist for both administrators and IT admins.

""Within the next five years, our respondents expect to have more tablets per student than they currently have computers" Munster said. The school districts represented in the poll have about 10 students per computer, but in the next five years, IT directors for school districts say they expect it to drop to about six students per iPad. Devices like the iPad are preferred over computers in the classroom because they provide more individualized learning than a traditional computer."

Potential option to 1:1 iPad device?

Demo of Droid XOOM tablet, Android 3 (Honeycomb).

"From Randy MacLEAN comes this great article about the iPad 2 in Tower School, Marblehead, MA. This fall, third- to eigth-graders in Tower School will harnessing the power of tablet computers as the perfect companions for school projects and assignments."

"While iPads have rocketed to popularity on many college campuses since Apple Inc. introduced the device in spring 2010, many public secondary schools this fall will move away from textbooks in favor of the lightweight tablet computers. Apple officials say they know of more than 600 districts that have launched what are called "one-to-one'' programs, in which at least one classroom of students is getting iPads for each student to use throughout the school day."

iPads as super ereaders for interactive textbooks.

iPad Ning -located by treh

From CES 2011 a reporters take on the longevity of iPad contenders

"There's a saying in hockey: Don't go to where the puck is, go to where the puck is going to be. Nobody is willing to make a bet on where the market is going to be, so they go to where the market is and, right now, Apple controls the puck."