Google's partnering with Samsung and others for new educational devices this spring

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Google began its play for the education market late last year with a student-oriented version of the Play Store. Since then, partners of the Google for Education program have provided their classes with learning software and tools on select Chromebooks and Android-based tablets. Today, Mountain View announced two new devices headed for that very lineup this spring: Lenovo's ThinkPad 11e series and the Toshiba Chromebook, starting at $349 and $299 (respectively). Samsung's also on board with a classroom-ready edition of its Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 set to launch this April.

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This is good news for schools, and colleges which are usually have money problems because of the high cost of running a school. $299-349 Chromebooks, and cheaper 10.1 inch Google Android tablets seem like better alternative than  more expensive Apple iPads, Macbook Pro, iMac and Windows 8 laptops, tablets, and desktops. 

Plus, a lot of young people these days don't respect school computers, so a cheap educational  device like a Chromebook or Android tablet would be better for them since cheap devices cost less money to replace.
 
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