This is awesome! I wish I was in school at American!

The school gave away 300 BlackBerry 7100t™ phones from T-Mobile USA, and T-Mobile HotSpot wireless broadband service to 300 graduate business students and faculty in hopes of changing the way its' students learn.

According the Kate Spencer, Senior Director of Marketing at American U, they are quite excited about the possibilities that these devices will bring in keeping the students connected to the univeristy, the faculty, and each other.

They even allow professors to feed students a dedicated stream of information called Really Simple Streaming.

[via American University]
[also W*USA 9 News in Washington DC]