- Digital Textbook
Infobox Information appliance
name = Fujitsu Stylistic ST5030
manufacturer =Fujitsu
type =Tablet PC
connectivity = Intel PRO/Wireless a/b/g Bluetooth v1.2 10/100M ethernet 56K V.92 2modem IrDA 1.1 4 Mbit/s
media = 40 GB IDEhard disk
os =Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
input =Touchscreen ,stylus
camera =
power = Six-cellLi-ion battery
cpu = IntelPentium M CPU
memory = 512 MBSDRAM
display = nowrap|12.1in diagonal LCD (1024x768)
dimensions = 324.4 x 220 x 22.3 mm
expected price = 1000 won or 925$The Digital Textbook program was announced by the Education Ministry ofSouth Korea on March 8, 2007. The program intends to provide for all Korean schools by 2011.History
The Korean Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development stated that it will develop the digital textbook as a study assistance tool, which utilizes digital media, to go beyond the limitations of conventional paper textbooks. The digital textbook's available content can be updated on the fly without the need to wait for new yearly revisions.The government tested the system last year with the help of 300 elementary school students from four South Korean schools. According to the study, students, especially those whose school records were in the middle or lower achievement brackets, showed marked improvement. [ [http://www.korea.net/news/news/newsview.asp?serial_no=20070308026 Digital textbook to debut in 2008| Korea.net News ] ]
The Korean Ministry of Education intends to deploy the Digital Textbook program for all fifth and sixth grade students in elementary, three unspecified middle school grades, and two unspecified high school grades. They intend for the new system to be adopted in 20 targeted elementary schools by 2008 and in 100 elementary, middle and high schools nationwide by 2011.
In total, 66 billion
South Korean won from the Ministry of Education's budget are earmarked for the project. [ [http://www.korea.net/news/News/newsView.asp?serial_no=20080118011&part=107&SearchDay= Digital textbooks to debut this year| Korea.net News ] ]Technology
Hardware (Fujitsu Stylistic ST5030) [http://www.fujitsu.com/sg/services/computing/pc/products/tablet/st5030/specs.html]
*Dimensions 324.4 mm x 220 mm x 22.3 mm
*Model: Fujitsu Stylistic ST5030
*CPU: Intel Pentium M Processor
*CPUclock speed 1.20 GHz (2 MB L2 cache, 400 MHz FSB)
*1024 x 768 pixels 12.1 inch LCD display (XGA TFT)
*512 MBSDRAM , upgradeable to 2 GBDDR2 400 MHz
*80 GB Notebook IDEhard disk (ATA-100 and S.M.A.R.T. Support)
*Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900, 2D/3D graphics (maximum shared memory of 128 MB)
*Intel PRO/Wireless 2915 a/b/g chipset (Separate ON/OFF switch), Bluetooth v1.2
*10/100M ethernet
*56K V.92 2modem ,IrDA 1.1 4 Mbit/s 4
*PC Card Type I/II x 1, dedicated Smart Card x 1, MS/SD x 1
*IntegratedUSB 2.0 x 2
*SigmaTel STAC9753A AC97 codec with internal speaker and dual microphones
*Stereo 2 channel audio, jacks for external headphones and microphones, headphone-out, and mic-in
*Fingerprint sensor
*TPM1.2 (Trusted Platform Module fromInfineon Technologies )
*Power source:
**6-cellLi-ion battery 5200mAh – approximately 6 hours usageoftware
The Digital Textook will use
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition as itsoperating system .References
ee also
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Toshiba dynabook R - another low-cost tablet pc (185$) [ [http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2005/02/toshibas_lowcos.html Toshiba dynabook R] ]External links
*en icon [http://www.korea.net/news/News/newsView.asp?serial_no=20080118011&part=107&SearchDay= Korea.net: Digital textbooks to debut this year] January 18, 2008
*en icon [http://www.korea.net/news/news/newsview.asp?serial_no=20070308026 Korea.net: Digital textbook to debut in 2008] March 08, 2007
*ko icon [http://moe.korea.kr/moe/jsp/moe1_branch.jsp?_action=news_view&_property=p_sec_6&_id=155182488& Digital textbook debuts, Education Ministry of South Korea]
*en icon [http://www.fujitsu.com/downloads/COMP/fpcap/tablets/previous/acc_leaflet_St5030-32.pdf Fujitsu.com: Fujitsu Stylistic ST5030 leaflet]
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