Free iPods for students

Every single one of the 1,650 freshmen arriving at Duke University for the new school year next month will receive a brand-new 20GB iPod. "The North Carolina university said the iPods will be pre-loaded with information for new students, as well as a copy of the academic calendar," the BBC reports. "They will also hold course material such as lecture notes and audio books." Then there's music. Quite possibly to draw student interest away from all the music file-sharing that plagues university network administrators, Apple has also set up a special version of its iTunes online music store for Duke (and presumably other schools that follow suit). Duke says the iPods will be great for courses that have audio elements. Here's coverage at Wired News too.