The Chrome OS tablet "Acer Chromebook Tab 10" has appeared, Google strongly promotes Chromebook tablet to educational site

Tablet with Chrome OS "Chromebook Tab 10"Acer announced. Google plans to push the Chrome OS tablet as a tool for education.

Chromebook tablets for versatile learning
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For some time it was expected that tablets with Chrome OS instead of Android appeared, but Acer, which has also proven in Chromebook, will release Chromebook Tab 10 as the first version. Chromebook Tab 10 adopts 9.7 inch (2048 × 1536) IPS liquid crystal display. It is obvious that you are aware of the iPad because it is 9.7 inches.


SoC is equipped with Rockchip's "OP 1" (RK 3399), memory is 4 GB, storage is 32 GB, 2 million pixel front camera and 5 million pixel rear camera. Of course, OS is Chrome OS, you can use some Android applications.


I store the stylus on the back. The stylus is made by Wacom.


Type-C USB port and ......


Earphone jack is also installed.


Google has revealed that he was experimenting with an effort to utilize the tablet with Chrome OS as an educational tool at De Vargas Elementary School in Cupertino, California. Chromebook has been introduced to the educational site so far, but there may be a judgment that tablet style using touch panel and stylus is suitable for primary education.


By the way Google calls Chrome OS tablet "Chromebook tablet", meaning "book and tablet has a double meaning", "It's not a book because it can not fold in the first place"Pointing outthere is.

Chromebook Tab 10, which is also offered for education, but I can buy it even if I am not a student. The price is $ 329 (about 35,000 yen) and will be released from the United States in April 2018. Local time It was announced the day before Apple educational event on March 27, 2018, that the preliminary introduction experiment to the classroom was done in Apple 's zipper Cupertino, the screen size of the tablet was iPad Like the same, Google seems to be in a serious mode to compete for providing 'educational tools' with Apple.