Showcasing at BETT will be the 'AlphaSmarts for Africa' trade-in scheme, a humanitarian effort that will put word-processing notebooks in the hands of African children. Due to popular demand AlphaSmart is re-launching the trade-in scheme in which schools and consumers can return their early AlphaSmart models to AlphaSmart who restore the old machines and donate them to African schools and community hospitals through Medics Malawi and other aid agencies. In return for trading in their earlier AlphaSmart models schools and consumers will receive a £25 discount on a new NEO notebook.

The AlphaSmart notebooks have proved particularly useful in African schools because they are simple to use, extremely robust and with a battery life of 800 hours from just 3 AA batteries. This means that AlphaSmart notebooks can be used anywhere without the need for mains power supply.

So far, AlphaSmart has donated notebooks to Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Namibia, Ghana and The Gambia.

if you would like to trade in your old AlphaSmart please fill out the donation form and fax it back.