Fountain Dew Blog » Aoyama Gakuin http://fountaindew.com/blog Mobile Social Solutions Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:48:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Aoyama Gakuin University-Japan, free iPhone for its students and staff http://fountaindew.com/blog/2009/05/18/aoyama-gakuin-university-japan-free-iphone-for-its-students-and-staff/ http://fountaindew.com/blog/2009/05/18/aoyama-gakuin-university-japan-free-iphone-for-its-students-and-staff/#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 12:51:52 +0000 Yumi http://fountaindew.com/blog/?p=87 As I am Japanese, I check Japan news online on a daily basis. Thanks to the Internet! I couldn’t do that 10 years ago. :-)

So… This university in Tokyo is giving away free iPhone to everyone. WHY?
It looks like they want to track if the students are on campus or not using the GPS system…lol
They are actually forcing all 550 staff and students to use the iPhone. They also will be using iPhone to provide simple tests and questionnaires, submitting their assignment and stuff.

The university will cover the basic charges (of course! If you are forcing) so that students do not need to pay for their services. Well, if you use a lot, it’s on your own.

But it’s pretty nice. When I was in college… Nobody was using cell phone… (feel a little old…) My college was not paying for my pager… (feel even a little older)
I don’t even have an iPhone and I wish I had one… But I don’t know. Is it really good? I hate my G1 but it is nice to have a query keyboard. I’m looking forward to see the G2… And hoping someone will pay for it. :-)

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