Foneras and iPod Touch for students in Japan
FON Japan and Seven Seas Techworks, a company that develops interactive web services and content delivery platforms, are collaborating to provide an educational solution called “Student Pass for iPod touch” to universities in Japan.
Students will get an iPod Touch to access content and services like their class schedule, study materials, attendance management system. They will also be able to watch videos of the classes they missed, study the materials they received and look for job offers on their iPod touch. FON will take part in this project by providing Foneras to the students who will set the them up at home and use WiFi to receive contents and services from their university.
Starting from June, as part of a first trial, “Student Pass for iPod touch” and “La Fonera” will be distributed to students attending Yamanashi University.
Update:
Here the first coverage from Japanese media:
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Why not in Poland? Just give me a free ipod Touch 
From FON:JP - Foneras and iPod Touch for students in Japan - April 27, 2008 12:50 pm - #
[…] der erklärte Technikfreak und Philanthrop Martin Varsavsky hat sich bereits in seinem Heimatkontinent Lateinamerika um die Bildung u.a. mit educ.ar verdient gemacht. Wie er uns nun aktuell mitteilt, erhalten Studenten im ersten Versuchsgebiet der der Yamanashi Universität in Japan, im Rahmen der neuen FON:Initiative “Student Pass for iPod touch”, beginnend im Juni 2008, eine “La Fonera” und einen “iPod touch“, sozusagen “im bundle”, um damit ihre Studienbedingungen zu optimieren. Hier der Link zur Quelle”: english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/ […]