Forget that cheap cellphone with its
lousy data plan that your parents tried to foist on you before you left for college. If your school is anything like
Montclair State University in New Jersey, you may be able to get the school to hand you a free Moto i860, packed with
software to connect to the campus network. Montclair State is handing the phones to incoming freshmen as part of an
experiment in campus-wide social networking. Students with the phones can subscribe to school-created mobile channels,
create their own channels and subscribe to text and multimedia alerts about school events (and we’re sure there’s
already a MoSoSo app for quick
hookups). The service was created by New York-based Rave Wireless, and Sextel beefed up its network around the school,
to make sure that students don’t lose the signal as they move around the campus. Is there a catch? Sure. The phone and
data service are free, but you only get a token voice plan. If you want to use the phone to actually make calls, you’ll
need to spring for an expanded plan.**
[Via textually.org]
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