Re: Presenting an open educational tablet in a workshop / Zentrum für Informationstechnologien un d Medienbildung (ZIM) - Fwd: freie Tablets

Hi to everybody, Moin an's Praemandatum-Team,

 >
 > One important question certainly is: Who is going to invest
 > into the presentation. My company Intevation certainly has
 > the knowledge to show and support Free Software tablets,
 > likewise other companies and individuals have.
 > However even to do a one day workshop which of course should display 
a product
 > which is as good as it can, would be a significant investment.
 >

I would like to state, that a commitment for an open tablet should *not* 
be non-commercial, meaning: There should be and there is a perspective 
for earning money with such a system [While as an outsider I am always 
wondering how programmer's work is paid, e.g. the fantastic 
KDE-environment...]

Maybe it sounds like a political campaign 'There are only a few days 
left to save the world...', but: Fact is, this tablet-project in Lower 
Saxony is started, supported with political power from the 
administration, and last but not least a workshop 'Free Knowledge - Free 
Software' at ZIM/Hildesheim with the FSFE activated a certain 
consciousness for alternatives beside tablet-devices with iOS or 
Android. And - short version - these devices coming from consumer-market 
do not fulfill their promises in school until now.
The thing to do is presenting an alternative NOW, I think.

>> So I seek (THE MAXIMUM):
>> An IT-professional with an insight view to KDE-Plasma-Active and with
>> about 15 prepared (maybe different) tablets and fully working OS
>> including a touch-optimized office-suite, mutimedia-player and working
>> multimedia-devices. This person presents also a glossy booklet where to
>> buy at least 30 of these machines and a second booklet from an
>> IT-company which offers support to interested schools.

I forgot the winking smiley, but of course I dont expect that! The 
question is: How can we present such a tablet? What about Aaron Seigo? 
What about BasysKom? What is a 'significant investment'?
Apple, Samsung, Microsoft and other global players go in and out at the 
old-fashioned ZIM/Hildesheim and use their strong marketing to place 
their products.
An event like this would be visited by official media-consultants who 
consults schools what to buy and what to use. What about that in 
commercial view?

> Note that most sold tablets with Android are ARM architecture currently
> and thus running Android. As far as I know there is no good Android-ARM
> packaging for Plasma-Active so far.
> So maybe demonstrating a non-Android or non-ARM systen could be easier
> to show the maturity of the software.

So an ViewSonic Viewpad 10 [1] is in this case the best choice? All 
other devices seem to be netbooks/integrated touchscreens, right? Is 
there a chance to get one or more machines- bought maybe from ZIM/NLQ - 
  equipped with KDE-Plasma-Active by professionals, means: You ?
>
> As an office suite you can show Calligra.
> For Email and Calenders you can try Kontact Touch.

Mail (Kontact Touch) under PlasmaActive worked wonderful, but I've never 
seen Calligra working. A Mail-client has a low priority for school. For 
an educational tablet a browser, a multimedia-player and an office-suite 
is needed.

Updated date (The question of 'When?'):
"27./28.06.12 (wohl in Verden)
04./05.07.12 vielleicht in Hildesheim"


At KDE-booth at Cebit 2012 somebody told better not to present an 
unfinished open tablet. Since PlasmaActiceTwo quite a time past. So what 
is the state of this project?

What about a K-Ubuntu equipped system? Should I plan such an event anyway?

>> Please contact me very soon!
>>
>> There is an open door to establish a KDE-tablet in schools. All of the
>> proprietary tablet-systems own heavy disadvantages, which appear much
>> more negative in school-environment. So please support this workshop.

Viele Gruesse
Daniel



[1] http://community.kde.org/Plasma/Active/Devices

Daniel Rohde-Kage
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