Smartboard Airliner

[alan-d]

Had a demo of the Smartboard Airliner slate and some teachers here are interested in buying some.

 

Anyone using them? If so how reliable are they etc

 

Airliner link

[Norphy]

We have one here, its quite nice. Certainly a good alternative to a smartboard if you don't have the money for one especially considering it works with the standard smart software and the range on the thing is good.

 

However I think it is an incredibly cynical product. It is nothing but a Wacom Graphire Bluetooth with a smart badge on it, a paper insert with pictures of pens and (possibly) a custom firmware. However for the "honour" of the smart badge you pay an extra £100.

 

I don't know if the Wacom badged product will work with the smart software (probably not) but considering the price difference I think its a con.

[alan-d]

They were my thoughts exactly - an expensive wireless graphics tablet. The staff in question want to use them in addition to the Smartboards they have.

 

I can see a use for them - especially the vertically challenged users but I'm wondering whether they are any more use that a graphics tablet.