[Discussion] tablets for schools may (not yet) be ready

[Grant Bowman]

For discussion as seen on http://launch.co/archive/2013-10-06

Cheers,
Grant

North Carolina Guilford County schools suspend use of 15,000 Android
OS tablets made by @NWScorp's @Amplifyafter a series of reported
issues, incl a charger melting @ a student's home, 1.5k broken
screens, 175 broken chargers & problems w/2k cases; Guilford won a
$30M grant from the US Dept of Education last Sept to distribute
tablets to 17k students in 24 middle schools over 3 yrs
article: http://www.news-record.com/news/article_698959fa-2cf2-11e3-ad07-001a4bcf6878.html