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University Gives Away iPhones To Curb Truancy 252

Posted by timothy on Monday June 01, 2009 @12:18AM from the give-me-lobster-and-I-won't-skip-dinner dept.

Norsefire writes "A Japanese University is giving away iPhones to its students to use the phones' GPS functionality to catch students who skip classes. The University claims students currently fake attendance by having other students answer for them during rollcall, they also said that while this can be abused by giving other students the phone, they are much less likely to do this due to the personal information, such as email, a phone generally contains."

Comment Pretty Cool Lecture (Score 1) 841

by chacha102 on Saturday February 07, 2009 @02:01AM (#26761995) Attached to: Bill Gates Unleashes Swarm of Mosquitoes

I thought the lecture was very interesting. I would have liked to see a lot of people running around in terror, or at least a gasp when he announced he would let the mosquito's out

Comment I hate ads (Score 1) 653

by chacha102 on Saturday February 07, 2009 @01:56AM (#26761967) Attached to: Why Your Pop-Up Blocker Doesn't Work Anymore

Honestly, I avoid all ads in general. None of them really interest me and all of my friends find the ads that might, remotely, interest me. Why sift through all the junk when you can have your friends who actually read the stuff do it for you.

Comment Re:You might have to join them just to control the (Score 1) 751

by chacha102 on Wednesday October 08, 2008 @01:12AM (#25296127) Attached to: Give Up the Fight For Personal Privacy?

I never use my last name on any site, and optionally use my first name.

Apple Can't Afford iPhone's Carrier Exclusivity 371

Posted by Zonk on Sunday February 03, 2008 @03:19PM from the we-like-even-meaningless-choices dept.

WirePosted writes with an ITWire article about the problems that Apple's AT&T exclusivity deal could pose in the coming years. Initially the company needed AT&T's commitment to the project, to ensure features like visual voicemail would work. With the iPhone a hit even at its current high price that no longer seems to be the case. Can Apple afford to stick to an exclusive carrier in the future? If for no other reason than consumer choice? "iPhones are being sold unlocked in the markets of Asia where you can't get them with a carrier plan, but they're also being bought and unlocked in the US and Europe. The message is that many and probably most iPhone buyers would like to be given a choice of carrier when they buy their iPhone. Some would be prepared to pay more as they do with other smartphones and buy their iPhone unattached to any subsidized carrier contract. The point is many consumers feel no loyalty to carriers and resent being forced to choose one."

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