    (Source: iPads House) Brings whole new meaning to the phrase
"early adopters"            Comments     Threshold   RE: meh By
quiksilvr on 4/14/2011 12:35:21 PM , Rating: 2 I agree, but not
with iPads. Just build a desktop for $200 for the kids that they
can use at school. Saves hundreds of bucks and you get tons of
more functionality (and easy upgrade as technology changes).
There is no reason to spend this much for so few students on a
limited platform.  RE: meh By Solandri on 4/14/2011 1:47:57 PM ,
Rating: 2 I actually think there is something to this. I had a
pen-based tablet computer back before the iPhone came out with
its fancy touch interface. I installed a crayon physics
simulator on it just for fun.  I let kids play with it a few
times, and invariably they would try to grab the objects on the
screen with their fingers. It was a chore to get them to use the
pen, and even after showing them they had to use the pen they
would still try using their fingers.  The mouse and pen are fine
for precision