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University Tries "One iPhone Per Student"

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the enrollment-and-dropout-numbers-to-spike dept.

alphadogg writes to tell us that one freshman class has a little more than usual to be excited about. When students at Abilene Christian University showed up for their first days of class they were greeted with the choice of either a new iPhone 3g or an iPod Touch plus a package of custom web apps to use on them. "The hardware is part of the Texas university's pilot mobile learning project, which has been gestating for over a year. About 650 first-year students chose the iPhone, and about 300 the iPod Touch, which is a very similar device but without the 3G radio (both devices incorporate an 802.11g Wi-Fi adapter). ACU pays for the hardware, student (or their parents) select and pay for their monthly AT&T service plan."

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  1. Re:Rates by Ethanol-fueled · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'm glad that it's a private university. I'd shit in disgust if Apple's shiny gadgets were being shoved in my face at my public university.

    Universities should be OS-agnostic when it comes to student requirements(is it really that difficult to have interoperability with Java and almost universal support of most popular formats and protocols?). Texas seems to be the best(worst?) place for Mac-friendly universites but the madness continues elsewhere...

  2. Christians shouldn't be allowed to use technology by einer · · Score: -1, Troll

    Christians shouldn't be allowed to use technology until they acknowledge that:

    The earth is round
    It revolves around the sun
    Evolution is real
    Intelligent Design is not Science

  3. Re:Rates by ThatFunkyMunki · · Score: -1, Troll

    What sense would it make for a university to teach something that is clearly not an industry standard? Macs are great for toys for pseudo-intellectual hipster types and "graphic designers" (mostly idiots who think they're artists because they made a website once), but they have no real place in a university setting where people get educated so they can work.

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  4. Re:Who's sleeping with who? by LWATCDR · · Score: 0, Troll

    umm...
    It is a private university. If you don't like the rules don't go.
    Seems simple to me.
    That is their right and you have the right to not go their.
    You do not have the right to change their institution.

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  5. Try one barf bag per student by fortapocalypse · · Score: 0, Troll

    They're going to losing their iPhone/iPod at the frat party, so why not provide them a barf bag to save the rug in the dorm room when they return?