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Laptop Review, Malaria Consortium & Software Factory, September Laptop Review ‐ Report Malaria Consortium Thursday, September 23th 2010 Contents 1 Laptop Review .................................................................... 4 1.1 Introduction ................................................................................... 4 2 Research Criteria ................................................................ 5 2.1.1 Detail/amount .................................................................... 5 2.1.2 Qualitative impression ........................................................ 5 2.1.3 Points ............................................................................... 5 2.1.4 Weight .............................................................................. 5 2.1.5 Value ................................................................................ 6 2.1.6 Cost ................................................................................. 6 2.1.7 Operating System (OS) ....................................................... 6 2.1.8 User Friendliness ................................................................ 6 2.1.9 Durability .......................................................................... 6 2.1.10 Battery Life ....................................................................... 6 2.1.11 Weight .............................................................................. 6 2.1.12 Screen Type ...................................................................... 6 2.1.13 Data Transmission .............................................................. 6 2.1.14 Ability to show video ........................................................... 6 2.1.15 Provision for user-specific apps ............................................ 6 3 Research ............................................................................ 7 3.1 Execution of Research ..................................................................... 7 3.2 VAT in Uganda ................................................................................ 7 3.3 Conversion ..................................................................................... 7 4 Technical Details ................................................................ 8 4.1 Audio/Video ................................................................................... 8 4.2 Operating systems .......................................................................... 9 4.2.1 Laptop/computers ............................................................ 10 4.2.2 Mobile Phones .................................................................. 10 4.2.3 Generic ........................................................................... 10 5 Review ............................................................................. 11 5.1 Laptops ....................................................................................... 11 5.1.1 Lenovo ThinkPad T410 ...................................................... 11 5.1.2 Dell Inspiron 14 ............................................................... 13 5.1.3 Apple Macbook Pro ........................................................... 15 5.2 Notebooks ................................................................................... 17 5.2.1 Asus Eee PC .................................................................... 17 5.2.2 Acer Aspire One ............................................................... 19 5.2.3 Lenovo ThinkPad X100e .................................................... 21 5.3 Tablet PCs ................................................................................... 23 - Page 2 of 70 - Customer: Malaria Consortium Version: 1.4 Project: Laptop Review Date: 23.09.2010 Author(s): Software Factory This document is confidential Malaria Consortium and Software Factory. © Software Factory 2010. 5.3.1 Asus Tablet PC T91 ........................................................... 23 5.3.2 Lenovo ThinkPad X201 ...................................................... 25 5.3.3 HP TouchSmart TX2Z ........................................................ 27 5.4 Smart Phones ............................................................................... 29 5.4.1 HTC EVO 4G .................................................................... 29 5.4.2 iPhone 3GS...................................................................... 31 5.4.3 Motorola Droid ................................................................. 33 5.5 Low Cost Rugged Laptops .............................................................. 35 5.5.1 OLPC/100$ Laptop............................................................ 35 5.5.2 Dell Inspiron 2100 ............................................................ 38 5.5.3 Classmate PC Quanta NL2 ................................................. 40 5.5.4 2GoPc ............................................................................. 43 5.6 Miscellanous ................................................................................. 45 5.6.1 Apple iPad ....................................................................... 45 5.6.2 2go Pad (Tablet PC) .......................................................... 47 5.6.3 The BlackBerry Bold ......................................................... 49 5.6.4 Panasonic Toughbook 52 ................................................... 51 5.6.5 Panasonic Toughbook H1 Field ........................................... 53 5.6.6 Nokia N900 ..................................................................... 55 5.6.7 Partner Tech M2 POS ........................................................ 57 5.6.8 HP Pee Wee ..................................................................... 59 5.7 Asian/Chinese Manufactured Devices ............................................... 61 5.7.1 No Name (?) .................................................................... 61 5.7.2 Zenithink......................................................................... 63 5.7.3 Hot Eee PC ...................................................................... 65 5.7.4 HiVision NB0700 .............................................................. 67 5.8 Other references: ......................................................................... 69 5.9 Accessories .................................................................................. 69 6 Contact ............................................................................. 70 Abbreviations: Malaria Consortium = MC Software Factory = SF - Page 3 of 70 - Customer: Malaria Consortium Version: 1.4 Project: Laptop Review Date: 23.09.2010 Author(s): Software Factory This document is confidential Malaria Consortium and Software Factory. © Software Factory 2010. 1 Laptop Review 1.1 Introduction The purpose of the laptop review is to provide Malaria Consortium with a selection of laptops (incl. notebooks) and other similar hardware relevant for testing in rural environments for purposes of providing project members with access to services available on/via these devices (internet, applications, videos, etc). This proposal will detail the time and cost for the following phases, suggested as part of the laptop review: Clarification on phase descriptions: 1. Research criteria: Criteria for laptop research developed by Software Factory and Malaria Consortium. 2. Research: actual research for laptops by Software Factory 3. Procurement: procurement of selected laptops and notebooks by Software Factory on behalf of Malaria Consortium. 4. Evaluation Criteria: criteria for evaluating laptops during field test; developed by Software Factory and Malaria Consortium. 5. Field test: actual in the field test carried out on accordance with evaluation criteria. Software Factory and Malaria Consortium will participate in field test. 6. Review of field test: review of field test and suggestion/ranking of laptops. NB: Though “laptop” shall be used throughout as the reference to hardware, any portable device may qualify. This will depend on research criteria. - Page 4 of 70 - Customer: Malaria Consortium Version: 1.4 Project: Laptop Review Date: 23.09.2010 Author(s): Software Factory This document is confidential Malaria Consortium and Software Factory. © Software Factory 2010. 2 Research Criteria Each laptop will be evaluated according to pre-defined criteria. The evaluation matrix will be the framework for this and is shown below: Manufacturer Model Device Qualitative Points Weight Criteria Detail/amount impression (1-5) (1-5) Value Cost Int’l (local) Operating System User Friendliness *1 Durability/sturdiness Battery life Weight Screen type *2 Data transmission *3 Ability to show video Provision for user- specific apps *1 how easy is it to turn on the device? How big is mouse pad? Touch-screen? Total *2 Angles viewable + Screen quality and type *3 What provisions does the device have for transmitting data? Each laptop will be evaluated according to the above matrix. 2.1.1 Detail/amount The detail/amount is the quantitative detail of the laptop. 2.1.2 Qualitative impression The Qualitative impression is the detail of the laptop which cannot be captured quantitatively. 2.1.3 Points Points will be used to evaluate each criterion based on a relative scale of the laptops included in the survey. The relative scale will use the best and poorest laptops as the benchmarks for indexing the top and bottom of the scale. 2.1.4 Weight Weight represents the importance of each criterion. 1 is not important, 5 is very important. - Page 5 of 70 - Customer: Malaria Consortium Version: 1.4 Project: Laptop Review Date:
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