iPods Banned in Schools to Prevent Cheating

Posted by Lolita Beckwith Categories: Corporate News, Portable Audio / Video

We recently reported on how PSPs are being used as teachers’ aids in England. Unfortunately, iPods (and Microsoft Zunes) are being used as cheating aids by students from the U.S. to Australia, and are now being banned from schools. Kids are downloading crib sheets onto the players, and using voice recorders to speak answers into the devices—to be played back during the test through a single earphone. Since the devices and headphones are small, they are easy to hide during exams. However, teachers and administrators (many of whom aren’t as technologically-savvy as their students), are slowly catching on. Schools around the world have started banning portable media devices, including one in no-nonsense Australia that prohibits iPods, CD players, electronic dictionaries and even spell-check devices! We’re now wondering if the aforementioned British school with the PSPs is now experiencing similar problems…

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D-click iriver S10 Revealed

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Music, Portable Audio / Video

South Korea’s latest D-click input-based portable media device is tinier than ever. The iriver S10 has 2GB of flash storage for MP3, ASF, Ogg Vorbis, and WMA playback. Its OLED display is a mere 1.5” at a resolution of 128 x 96 pixels. With dimensions of 42 x 30 x 10.8mm and a weight of just 17.5g, maybe you can even hide it from the boss.

Other features:

• Interface Type: USB 2.0
• Rated battery (audio) life: 8 hours
• Picture format: BMP
• Compatibility: PC
• FM radio/recording: Yes
• Voice recording: Yes
• FM recording: Yes

Not much else is known about the little critter, but we will keep you posted on its whereabouts, if we can find it.

Read More | Cnet Asia Review

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