It has a been a little while since I last updated my favorite paid and free application lists. I try to make the lists reflective of the applications that I use on a regular basis. There are so many other applications that I carry daily on my phone but these listed applications are my personal favorites.
“Azanza said to help students improve their reading and comprehension skills, she will have to listen to a book on iPod Touch so they can hear the different intonations and where the pauses are. After that, the students will record themselves reading the same story. The idea is to have an audio archive so students can hear how they have improved over the weeks.”
During the early part of the summer I upgraded from the original iPhone to the iPhone 3GS. I decided to turn my old iPhone into an “iPod Touch”. In the recent “Mossberg’s Mailbox” a question was sent in asking many of the questions I had when I made the switch…
“I still have an old iPhone that I replaced as my phone with the newer model. Can I use the old one as an iPod Touch? Will I be able to download apps for it and access iTunes for music and movies?
A: Yes. Old iPhones that are no longer activated as phones can still be used like the iPod Touch. Their Wi-Fi capability still works, as do their apps, email and the Web browser, the app store, the iTunes store and the built-in iPod for playing music and videos. Of course, any function that involves connecting to the Internet will require you to have Wi-Fi coverage, since the device can no longer connect over the cellphone network. But you will even be able to make phone calls over the Internet using a voice-over-IP app like Skype.”
Currently my son “owns” the old iPhone. Whenever anyone asks about it we tell them that it no longer works as a phone and it is basically an iPod Touch… with a camera. Just to be safe I removed the SIM card and I make sure to keep it in Airplane Mode at all times. This helps the battery last longer and seems to make the phone run a tad bit quicker since it is not searching for any signals. Wifi does work when the phone is in Airplane Mode.
“Apple now says it has about 250,000 individual classes available to the public. That’s everything from the ‘The Biology of Autism’ from the Stanford School of Medicine to ‘A Global History of Architecture’ from M.I.T. Tuition may be sky-high on those campuses, but on iTunes, the lectures are free.”
This is very impressive for a 2 year old service that is clearly overshadowed by the headlining iTunes content (music and movies). I wonder what these numbers will look like in 2 more years as more colleges and universities begin using the service.
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