http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/ Engadget Comments for Missouri School of Journalism's iPhone "requirement" a clever interpretation of financial aid rules http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/May 9th 2009 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/
It's not much different from requiring students to purchase Microsoft Office, except that Office alternatives may have unacceptable incompatibility. Or you could compare it to requiring a special university-only edition textbook, where you can't use an alternative or sell it on eBay.

I think this is much more fair than most college "requirements".]]>May 9th 2009 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/May 9th 2009 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/Maybe it's not what Pullizter expect, but it's a good way to find a job later. Apple fanboy journalist are best candidate for a job at News Corp as they are enough narrow-minded.
Can't criticize this when Open Source fanboy are doomed and MS fanboy are stucked with Microsoft Voice Command not working on their WM 6.1 OS phone. :)

The alternate reason might be the fact that until iPhone 3.0, user weren't able to copy/paste. Missouri Staff was thinking it will a good thing when you see copy/paste everywhere in the press. Too bad, now iPhone users can copy/paste.]]>May 9th 2009 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/commenters understand Financial Aid. All this does is allow the school
to tack $200 onto your loan and scholarship ELIGIBILITY. there is no
requirement that it be spent on iphones (which i would never buy, by
the way. overpriced crap). Theres no requirement that you even take
the loan!

the key word here is ELIGIBILITY! you don't even have to take the
loan! as a current student, i know this very very well!

here's how it works: to create your loan package, they calculate your
eligibility: tuition + "living expenses" (estimate) + books and
supplies (estimate) + transportation (estimate) + personal (estimate)
[this comes directly from my loan package, which is in my hand]. Then
they figure out how much you will be able to contribute yourself
(based on your taxes). that number is your eligibility. then they
allow you to take out loans based on that number (from private banks,
remember, all they do is control the interest rates on some of those
loans, and guarantee some part of the loan to the lender). THE
NUMBERS THEY GIVE ARE ESTIMATES OF WHAT THEY THINK YOU MIGHT NEED!
NOT WHAT YOU MUST SPEND!

My loan package includes @$3k for transportation for the next year.
that doesn't mean i get to stop coming to school when my gas runs
out!!! It also doesn't mean that if i take the loan, i promise to
spend $3k on transportation!!! think about it folks!

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Is it so unusual for a school to have such requirements? One school asking for students to have an Apple product isn't much of a reason for Apple fanboys to jump for joy. It's not like it's going to push iPhone sales past BlackBerry sales or boost Apple's share price. This requirement is basically a non-issue.]]>May 9th 2009 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/

Interesting.......]]>May 9th 2009 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/
I love cheese.]]>May 9th 2009 7:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/May 9th 2009 8:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/May 10th 2009 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/
And those who aren't too happy about the "requirement", may have a few extra hundred dollars in their pockets, courtesy of eBay and Craigslist...]]>May 9th 2009 10:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/May 9th 2009 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/May 9th 2009 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/
I suppose its clever so far as fraud is concerned. ]]>May 9th 2009 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/May 9th 2009 5:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/May 9th 2009 10:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/May 9th 2009 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/May 10th 2009 2:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/May 9th 2009 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/May 9th 2009 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/May 9th 2009 10:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/May 9th 2009 10:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/May 9th 2009 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/
Hell, I run Linux, and haven't had to touch Windows a single time while at school. They officially support Linux. They have Linux software for download right alongside the windows stuff. They have Linux instructions on their ITS site. I have never even heard of a school *requiring* IE or Windows. What school did you go to?]]>May 9th 2009 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/May 9th 2009 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/May 9th 2009 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/May 9th 2009 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/May 9th 2009 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/
Be reasonable; this has NOTHING to do with higher costs, nm the fact that it's not actually required. I spend more per semester on books usually than I would with an iPhone on AT&T.]]>May 9th 2009 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/
How does the cost of textbook relate one bit to this article? By landing a Touch or iPhone you are NOT saving any money.]]>May 9th 2009 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/

Some schools require laptops... windows laptops, to run certain software required by the program, but the suggested models are based on performance and capability.

I'm not convinced that the iPhone / Touch are any more capable at audio recording / playback than any other generic device.]]>May 9th 2009 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/
Brand favoritism in the college setting is hardly new. Welcome to the world of IBM and Apple in the 90s, when everything was going the way of Microsoft.]]>May 9th 2009 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/May 9th 2009 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/
But for the iPhones, maybe they can offer custom skins for free, to entice people to do it.]]>May 9th 2009 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/May 9th 2009 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/May 9th 2009 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/
Schools like standardized things, they want everyone to be on the same page. In this case, the requirement is not enforced so I don't see any issues. It's more like a suggestion. ]]>May 9th 2009 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/WINMO7FTW!!!]]>May 9th 2009 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/May 9th 2009 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/
MJ ftw]]>May 9th 2009 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/
MJ ftw]]>May 9th 2009 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/
"hey, come to Missouri, and get a free iphone!" ]]>May 9th 2009 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/May 9th 2009 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/May 9th 2009 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/
I'm attending Mizzou :)]]>May 9th 2009 1:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=199160

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"congrats you got in, here's a free iphone"]]>May 10th 2009 1:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/May 10th 2009 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/May 9th 2009 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/09/missouri-school-of-journalisms-iphone-requirement-a-clever-in/May 10th 2009 10:40AM