India’s first cloud based tablet solution for school children, ‘e-tutor tablet‘ has been launched by a joint venture by two Kerala based IT firms. This tablet developed by Cell Technologies and Oztern Technologies can be used by students from Class 1 to 12. It is priced at Rs 7,500, inclusive of content, the product would be available in the market from April onwards.
The product is also aimed at making internet a safer place for children. E-tutor tablet safeguards the connectivity from the personalized Tablets PCs provided as a part of the solution, and restrict it to connect to internet only through the synchronization module in the product
After partnering with Datawind to launch the world’s cheapest Tablet Aakash, the government has gone ahead and unveiled India’s first Cloud-based Tablet called the ‘e-tutor Tablet’. Like Aakash, this Tablet is also for students albeit this time it is for school students from class 1st to 12th. The Tablet was unveiled by Sam Pitroda, advisor to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and has been developed in a joint venture (JV) by two Kerala based IT firms. The JV is between e-tutor and Oztern Technology and both companies are based at the state’s IT hub Technopark.
The learning content has been developed by e-tutor while the technology has been provided by Oztern Technology. The Tablets will be sourced by the companies and they are still in the process of finalizing vendors for the same. The Tablet will be priced at Rs 7,500 (inclusive of content) and it will be made available in the Indian market from April. The included content will be of only one standard and additional content will have to be bought for other standards.
Ranjith Balan, founder and managing director of e-tutor, said that this will be the first complete solution for education to be made available on Tablet PCs. He said:
“The teacher can easily explain concepts using the digital whiteboard that is set up in the Tablet PC. Also, using e-tutor learning Tablet the students can access what was taught in the classroom and can also access the collaborative learning platform for discussions on relevant topics taught in the classroom,” said Rajith Balan, founder and managing director of e-tutor, according to the Times of India.
The learning content has been developed by e-tutor while the technology has been provided by Oztern Technology. The Tablets will be sourced by the companies and they are still in the process of finalizing vendors for the same. The Tablet will be priced at Rs 7,500 (inclusive of content) and it will be made available in the Indian market from April. The included content will be of only one standard and additional content will have to be bought for other standards.
Ranjith Balan, founder and managing director of e-tutor, said that this will be the first complete solution for education to be made available on Tablet PCs. He said:
“The teacher can easily explain concepts using the digital whiteboard that is set up in the Tablet PC. Also, using e-tutor learning Tablet the students can access what was taught in the classroom and can also access the collaborative learning platform for discussions on relevant topics taught in the classroom,” said Rajith Balan, founder and managing director of e-tutor, according to the Times of India.
Cloud computing is a technology that uses internet and central remote servers to maintain data and applications. Cloud computing allows consumers and businesses to use applications without installation and access their personal files at any computer with internet access. This technology allows for much more efficient computing by centralising storage, memory, processing and bandwidth.
