In reference to a study of cellphones potential for student learning, paid for by a cell chip manufacturer, she said it "is almost laughable that the cellphone industry is pushing a study showing that cellphones will make kids smarter." Soloway, an outspoken advocate of ed tech, and the CEO of GoKnow, which develops educational software for mobile devices, chastised Ms. Kathleen Kennedy Manzo has been covering curriculum and standards for Education Week since 1996, including federal, state, and local policies, instructional materials, and teaching practices.

The Linix OS on the other hand has been designed for the smaller screen and with its icon and tab-based GUI is very intuituve - students would have no problems navigating its various programs, which include all the productivity and communication software students could need. There is a 9-inch screen model coming soon (a few days), as well as similar-sized machines from just about every major PC manufacturer, so this is definitely one class of mobile devices to watch. They are of course very small and very desirable! Even the small-ish keyboard is not a problem for younger kids.