ipad Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Mon, 17 Feb 2014 20:36:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg ipad Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 $40 Tablet Comes To Canada And The U.S. https://teachingkidsnews.com/2014/01/20/1-40-tablet-comes-canada/ Tue, 21 Jan 2014 01:19:07 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=12050 Many people use tablet computers, like the Apple iPad or the Samsung Galaxy.

The small, flat computers, which you operate by swiping their surface with your fingers, are very expensive. They can cost as much as $800.

But one company, Datawind, says they have a tablet that sells for just $40.

Datawind's tablet is called Ubislate, and it is already widely used in India.

Datawind has just launched Ubislate (pronounced oo-bee-slate) in Canada and the U.S. There is a lot of interest as well as debate over whether it offers enough speed, screen clarity and features.

Ubislate can’t do everything the expensive tablets do, but Toronto Star technology reporter Raju Mudhar used the tablet for a few days and said that what it does, it does well.

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Family In Guelph Living Like It’s 1986 https://teachingkidsnews.com/2013/09/19/1-family-guelph-living-like-1986/ Fri, 20 Sep 2013 02:51:06 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=10998 A family in Guelph, Ontario is spending a year living in 1986.

They’re doing it so their kids can see what life was like before complicated technology like iPads, sophisticated computers, tablets and even complicated coffee machines were part of everyday life.

They have banned all technology from their home and are relying on the things people would have used back in the 80s.

There is a box at the front door where people can temporarily deposit their mobile devices, like cell phones, while they’re visiting the family.

Blair McMillan and his girlfriend, Morgan want their kids—Trey, 5, and Denton, 2—to have a year free of technology.

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Microsoft Launches New Tablet To Compete With iPad https://teachingkidsnews.com/2012/06/25/2-microsoft-launches-new-tablet-to-compete-with-ipad/ Tue, 26 Jun 2012 03:13:20 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=7052 When Apple introduced the iPad tablet, it was unique.

It had a large flat glass viewing screen which you touched to move and open files, it was extremely light and thin, and it had a magnetic cover that not only protected it but it shut it down as well.

When new technology comes along--and proves to be popular and successful--it's not long before other companies try to duplicate it. They try to improve on the other company's product if they can.

That's the case with Microsoft's new tablet called Surface.

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