Check out the following news link. A private school in Texas just finished its first year of piloting program where they handed out free iPODs and iPhones to the entire freshman class. They wanted to see if these gadgets will help reinvest our education.
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/12/iphone-university-abilene/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29&utm_content=Yahoo+Search+Results