George Fox University Tries Out the iPad on Arriving Freshmen

The college last fall tested the Kindle in three classes. Students and teachers reported the machine is legible, comfortable and durable but difficult to navigate to specific text points. They also found it cumbersome to annotate and highlight text on the machine, and professors said this led to lower student comprehension.

With its multipurpose capacities, the iPad will be "a lot closer to the breakthrough device we've been looking for for many years," said Martin Ringle, chief information officer at Reed.