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Originally Posted by Manic_Skafe
Fair enough, textbooks on a laptop aren't exactly comfortable but I'd like to see these things loaded with a tablet-style screen and the ability to share documents via bluetooth or a local network. That'd eliminate the need of textbooks and notebooks, revolutionize the classroom and be awesome for the environment.
But, to answer the op, I don't see students lining up to shell out 5 bills over one of these.  |
Princeton is already running a pilot program in which a Kindle is given to several students. If colleges and universities adopt the Kindle as the means by which students receive textbooks and other documents then we'd see the cost worked back into the tuition. Plus, they'd probably offer an academic discount to the school buying them.
Once they have color "ink" and students can
easily take exams using them (such as they can with apps like WebCT/Blackboard or Moodle) then I'll be excited.