The joint initiative between One-Ed Dot Com and Psion will initially cover about 4000 secondary students and 650 teachers at 50 Malaysian schools from June this year. Students' textbooks and their educational syllabuses will be made available by One-Ed Dot Com in digital form. The netBook will also act as the teachers and student's personal gateway to the Education portal and Internet whilst in the school or at home. The Psion netBooks will be supplied by One-Ed Dot Com, with Ericsson as the local technology partner. The netBooks will be equipped with both fixed and wireless communication capabilities enabling the students to connect from their homes, to roam the school and classroom wirelessly, whilst having high speed access to the educational content and the curriculum itself.
Students have high demands when it comes to mobile devices.
In a highly competitive market the netBook, powered by the Symbian OS, was chosen as it was best able to fulfil these demands. This deal builds significantly on the ongoing netBook education trials complementing our focus on both organisations and consumers. Weighing approximately 1.1 kilos, it is battery-operated with a standby time of 8 hours. Lightweight, rugged and reliable, it takes advantage of the Symbian OS and is powerful enough to run a wide range of feature-enhancing software, including Java, Citrix ICA Client giving MS Outlook and Office access, and IBM MQSeries Everyplace. One-Ed Dot Com is a Malaysian based joint venture between the Kedah State Development Corporation, Ericsson, Widuri Canggih Sdn Bhd and Virtual Applications Technology Sdn Bhd.