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Apr 15, 08 - 10:33 am Comment from: mtngoatjoe

Can you edit Google docs on an iPhone? I was under the impression that you couldn't.

Looks like the Christians realize that, Education is still with pens, pencils and paper. We don't need computers floating around.

i just want new iphone hardware

Apr 15, 08 - 11:02 am Comment from: Predrag

I wonder what percentage of those freshmen will choose iPhone (and be saddled with the $850 annual phone bill, when you add all those taxes), over the 'Touch', since their life will revolve around the Wi-Fi-blanketed campus, so that connectivity won't be an issue. If Skype comes the iPhone/Touch way (with a cheap 3rd party mic hardware dongle), they'd practically be carrying an iPhone without the $70 per month spending.

Apr 15, 08 - 11:08 am Comment from: gzero

@Predrag,

You're absolutely right about the iPod touch regarding Skype....

...well, except that you forgot that the touch is missing a couple of things that the iPhone has...like, a microphone.

Apr 15, 08 - 11:12 am Comment from: Jim - TIV

bioness.... uh... the article would suggest exactly the opposite. (hint - the actually has a tiny, but real, computer inside)

Apr 15, 08 - 11:13 am Comment from: Jim - TIV

correction - bioness.... uh... the article would suggest exactly the opposite. (hint - the iphone actually has a tiny, but real, computer inside)

Apr 15, 08 - 11:18 am Comment from: Predrag

to Gzero:

You must have missed the part in parenthesis (..."with cheap 3rd party mic hardware dongle").

I'm not sure what other thing that the Touch is missing (beside the above-mentioned mic) could be required by Skype. If I'm not mistaken, microphones for the Classic (and previous iterations of Nano) aren't all that expensive. As soon as the new OS is out, there will be a Belkin (most likely) dongle with the appropriate recording software. Skype should be following behind very closely.

Apr 15, 08 - 11:31 am Comment from: twodales

Every one should see a video on the possible uses of the iPhone at ACU. It is in the iTunes U section and is called Connected. It is actually very interesting.

Apr 15, 08 - 11:36 am Comment from: Cubert

No wonder the cost of education keeps going up!

Apr 15, 08 - 11:41 am Comment from: Cubert

@ Jim - TIV,
You beat me to it.

Apr 15, 08 - 11:41 am Comment from: Cubert

@ Jim - TIV,
You beat me to it.

Apr 15, 08 - 11:57 am Comment from: Ray

"Abilene Christian University has adopted Google Apps and will pair them with free iPhones for students and faculty next fall," .....And the dish network is also giving away an iPod with a new account.

So if you move to Texas you can get a bad satellite service and a no-name degree...but hey you will have 2 iPods...

Just my $0.02

Apr 15, 08 - 12:40 pm Comment from: shen

so on the up side, free iPhone, on the downside, Texas and Christian University. like screaming "don't need ya'alls fancy learnin" at the top of your lungs.

lemme guess, the "why darwin, all of modern biology, and your doctor are all wrong, and the world was made in a week, seriously, we have proof" class is all filled every semester, isn't it?

Apr 15, 08 - 12:46 pm Comment from: Maginary

@Predrag:

I don't think the iPod Touch has bluetooth. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Apr 15, 08 - 12:50 pm Comment from: Jim - TIV

@ Cubert - lol

Apr 15, 08 - 12:51 pm Comment from: Jim - TIV

@ Cubert... seriously.. lol

Apr 15, 08 - 01:01 pm Comment from: HazMatt

It's amazing to me how intolerant and otherwise intelligence-insulting some of you (bioness and shen) are regarding others' religious beliefs (real or imagined).

Apr 15, 08 - 02:44 pm Comment from: lurker

@just about everybody -
You need to watch the "Connected" video. I was dismissive of religious school in a red state. I was wrong. These folks get it big time. The video is a little sweet, but the ideas are great.

The iPhone has changed the world. We need to start running now, if we want to keep up.

Apr 15, 08 - 03:27 pm Comment from: lurker

@HazMatt - It's probably because of the wrongs that have been brought down on America by religious organizations. A couple of examples:
1 Religious Right opposition to the most evangelical president ever, Jimmy Carter, because he refused to intervene in Justice Department prosecution of Liberty University's tax exempt status because of the University's racial discrimination.
2 Government employee Liberty University Law School graduates breaking of the law regarding Justice Department personnel to achieve conservative political goals.

Now, to paint all Christians and religious universities with a broad brush that makes them look the same as the bad Christian conservatives is wrong. But to assume that a person or organization is good just because they self identify as Christians is foolhardy.

Apr 15, 08 - 06:49 pm Comment from: TowerTone

shen
Don't you ever get tired of being an asshole?
And don't forget TCU, SMU, Baylor, E.T. Baptist, and a whole host of others that are funded by churches, but don't require your soul.

lurker
Most conservatives, religious or not, didn't and don't like Jimmy Carter because he is an idiot, and he is proving it once again.
I admired him when he was elected, but my opinion of him drops (somehow) every time he steps back on the world stage.