The guy, of course, in the image is Steve Jobs. This time he is one stage today in San Francisco where, as Yahoo! News headlined: Apple unveils upgraded iPhone with faster Internet. I added the Blackberry on the left because I heard something on the radio today about a Blackberry about to arrive that is even cooler than Apple’s new iPhone.
Students who own these mobile devices have major learning advantages. The time is coming at us fast when we can to get them to every student. Shifting some of the big time funds education spends on analog textbooks can speed that day. Here are some numbers from the Yahoo! story: “An 8 gigabyte model is to sell for $199 starting July 11. A 16 gigabyte model will cost $299. The devices are to roll out initially in 22 countries.” These mobiles are down to less than the cost of about three of the textbooks our kids lug in their backpacks. College kids pay more for a year’s textbooks than they would pay for one of the phones in the image, plus its wireless plan to be connected to vast knowledge on the Net.
