<s>
The	O
Amplify	B-Application
Tablet	I-Application
is	O
an	O
Android-based	O
tablet	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amplify	B-Application
Tablet	I-Application
is	O
bundled	O
with	O
custom	O
software	O
designed	O
to	O
enable	O
a	O
"	O
personalized	O
"	O
learning	O
experience	O
for	O
students	O
,	O
allowing	O
them	O
to	O
manage	O
classwork	O
,	O
access	O
online	O
resources	O
,	O
and	O
interact	O
with	O
class	O
assignments	O
or	O
other	O
students	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
tablet	B-Device
was	O
released	O
in	O
2014	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
contend	O
with	O
problems	O
its	O
predecessor	O
had	O
encountered	O
in	O
the	O
classroom	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amplify	B-Application
Tablet	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Amplify	O
Education	O
—	O
the	O
education	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
Rupert	O
Murdoch	O
's	O
News	O
Corp	O
,	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
its	O
Common	O
Core-based	O
digital	O
curriculum	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Guilford	O
County	O
Schools	O
became	O
the	O
first	O
school	O
board	O
to	O
officially	O
deploy	O
Amplify	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
announcement	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
distribute	O
15,450	O
Amplify	B-Application
Tablets	I-Application
to	O
the	O
students	O
and	O
staff	O
of	O
its	O
middle	O
schools	O
for	O
the	O
2013-14	O
school	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
Education	O
designed	O
the	O
current	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Amplify	B-Application
Tablet	I-Application
,	O
which	O
connects	O
to	O
the	O
Internet	O
through	O
a	O
dual-band	O
dual-antenna	O
WiFi	O
radio	O
,	O
added	O
to	O
help	O
with	O
general	O
connectivity	O
challenges	O
in	O
school	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
comes	O
with	O
a	O
dual-core	O
Intel	O
Atom	O
Processor	O
Z2580	O
running	O
at	O
2.0GHz	O
with	O
Android	B-Application
4.2	O
according	O
to	O
Intel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Previous	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
Amplify	B-Application
Tablet	I-Application
used	O
similar	O
hardware	O
to	O
the	O
Asus	B-Application
Transformer	I-Application
Pad	I-Application
TF300T	I-Application
,	O
with	O
a	O
screen	B-Device
,	O
Nvidia	O
Tegra	O
3	O
quad-core	O
system-on-chip	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
5	O
megapixel	O
rear-facing	O
camera	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amplify	B-Application
Tablet	I-Application
was	O
available	O
in	O
two	O
models	O
,	O
a	O
Wi-Fi	O
only	O
model	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
"	O
Amplify	B-Application
Tablet	I-Application
Plus	O
"	O
model	O
which	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
AT&T	O
Mobility	O
's	O
LTE	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
tablet	B-Device
's	O
home	O
screen	B-Device
displays	O
an	O
application	O
launcher	O
and	O
a	O
sidebar	O
organizing	O
class	O
subjects	O
into	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
"	O
Notebooks	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
4	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Guilford	O
County	O
Schools	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
recall	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
Amplify	B-Application
Tablets	I-Application
and	O
accessories	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
deployed	O
for	O
quality	O
and	O
safety	O
concerns	O
,	O
after	O
reports	O
that	O
a	O
student	O
's	O
charger	O
had	O
overheated	O
and	O
melted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
recall	O
by	O
Guilford	O
County	O
was	O
also	O
intended	O
to	O
address	O
other	O
hardware	O
faults	O
with	O
the	O
tablets	B-Device
;	O
the	O
board	O
stated	O
that	O
around	O
1,500	O
of	O
the	O
tablets	B-Device
already	O
had	O
broken	O
screens	O
(	O
and	O
did	O
not	O
use	O
Gorilla	O
Glass	O
,	O
as	O
they	O
had	O
specifically	O
requested	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
about	O
175	O
of	O
their	O
chargers	O
were	O
broken	O
.	O
</s>
