Briefly: App Store category changes, Stanford iPad program
updated 04:45 pm EDT, Mon August 16, 2010
Stanford to provide students with iPads, app
Apple has replaced the recently-added "Try Before You Buy" App Store category with a new "Great Free Apps" section, while the Stanford School of Medicine has published details of a plan to integrate iPads into the student experience.
Earlier this month, Apple added a new "Try Before You Buy" section to the App Store; the area has since been removed, however, to be replaced by "Great Free Apps." The original change was seen as potentially allowing full-featured trial apps that could be disabled after a set period. Currently, selecting Great Free Apps takes people to a page that includes only New & Noteworthy and Our Favorite categories.
Stanford makes iPads, iAnnotate part of curriculum
iAnnotate PDF has become the first iPad app to be required material for first-year medical students at Stanford. About a week ago Apple made a revision to developer terms for the App Store, allowing companies to apply a 50 percent educational discount to titles when institutions pay for multiple downloads. Now, as part of a trial program, the Stanford School of Medicine says it will be providing all of its first-year students with iPads and iAnnotate, in the hope of improving learning.
The app's developer has also been working with representatives from Stanford to better the software for the upcoming school year. A v1.2 update includes Dropbox support, as well as support for the iPad's VGA dock connector. Other changes include improved responsiveness, an added application lock, and optimized finger/pen movements.
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to be replaced by "Great Free Apps."
Oh boy, back to the "Get a Lite version, then upgrade later" world!
says it will be providing all of its first-year students with iPads and iAnnotate, in the hope of improving learning.
Obviously. I doubt they'd be handing them out in the hopes of retarding learning.
Oh, and for what it costs to go to college these days, 'providing' students with an iPad isn't really much of a big deal. They just add it to your tuition anyway.