Posted Today, 06:28
[size=6]105 tablet computers ready for delivery[/size]
The Nation
Bangkok: -- The first few tablet computers for school children is ready for official delivery today, the Office of Basic Education Commission (Obec) said in a statement yesterday.
A ceremony will be held at 1.30pm today at Government House, where 105 units will be delivered to teachers and students. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will be at hand to provide tutorials.
The units will be delivered to education offices in the Regional Office 1 grouping in each province alphabetically, followed by the Regional Office 2 grouping and so on once Shen Zhen Scope Scientific Development delivers the first lot of 400,000 units.
The first lot of devices will be delivered 60 days after the contract was signed on May 10, followed by 600,000 units 30 days later. There are some 183 education offices across the country.
A source said the first lot had been restricted to 400,000 units, because the first 2,000 units delivered to the Education Ministry did not pass the specifications.
However, the source said weaker batteries should not affect the tablets' efficiency and the 2,000 should not fail the overall test. "Once the first 2,000 units pass the tests, production of the 400,000 units would begin," he added.

-- The Nation 2012-06-07