The New Fizzbook Spin
The Fizzbook Spin is the first mini-tablet PC for
children designed with a measured and thoughtful approach to
understanding the real needs of children and young adults. The Fizzbook
Spin wasn't born in a lab, but rather purposely conceived through real
research carried out with real teachers and young people in classrooms
all over the world. The Spin's researchers travelled to schools and
spent time living with and observing the interactions between students,
their peers and siblings, teachers, parents and school administrators.
This research has contributed to the development for an exciting tablet
pc for children.
Designed for the real world
The way young people use technology means they want
to share what they are doing, both with the people around them and
online. They don’t want to sit at desks all the time, and the inclusion
of a camera means the Fizzbook Spin needs to be used in all sorts of
locations. With this in mind it was designed to pass a 50cm drop test,
and has a water resistant keyboard, 4.5 hour battery life, surfaces
resistant to reasonable damage and improved dust resistance. A built in
carry handle improves handing, transport and sharing your screen with
others.
Tablet mode
The tablet mode means the Fizzbook Spin is useable whilst being held in
your hands, and does not tie you to sitting down to use it. Clicking and
scrolling can be done with your finger tips and for more detailed entry
there is a built-in stylus. Onboard handwriting recognition works for
all applications, and give you options for joined-up or printed
handwriting, or if required a virtual keyboard. All this functionality
is complemented by an in built accelerometer, which rotates the screen
so it is always the right way up for the person looking at it. This also
means all features are available for left and right handed users.
Connectivity
The Fizzbook spin comes with multiple methods to
connect to other computers and a software option to secure those
connections. Wireless N capability gives you the very latest high speed
wireless functionality, letting you make the most of this highly
transportable Fizzbook. A 10/100 Ethernet port lets you connect to wired
networks, and two USB ports lets you connect to peripherals and dongles.
Software
The aim of the Fizzbook is that you have an
exceptionally usable netbook straight out of the box. So the on-board
software suite has been designed so you have the productivity tools of
Microsoft Works, the creative tools of Art Rage and the web camera, and
education tools of the SMART Classroom suite without any additional
software installation. These tools are underpinned with back-up software
and a security suite option.
