University Gives iPhones to Freshmen

by Terrence O'Brien, posted Feb 27th 2008 at 5:03PM

You're about to wish you attended ACU (Abilene Christian University) in Texas. Why? The university is about to hand out iPhones and iPod Touches to incoming freshmen. Jealous? We know we are.

Giving electronic gadgets to students is becoming the norm for universities and colleges ever since Duke first experimented with handing iPods to incoming students in 2004. Other schools hand over laptops. Some of us here at Switched were lucky if we got E-mail addresses when we went to school.

But ACU wants to stay ahead of the technological curve and has invested in creating several iPhone and iPod Touch-compatible applications for students including homework reminders, classroom surveys, campus navigators, and meal planners. The pilot program involving this year's incoming freshman will decide the future shape of the program, or if there even is one.

From ArsTechnica

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Deborah @ Feb 28th 2008 9:50AM

?! I'm almost a Junior and I haven't even heard of Freshmen here getting ANYTHING except an e-mail address, a day planner, and text messages for emergencies (letting us know when classes are canceled for bad weather or whatever).

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