Kindle

Though the emerging presence of tablets on the tech horizon could call into question the necessity of many e-readers, Amazon’s Kindle has done its part to remain device friendly. With apps for Apple, Android and BlackBerry devices, Kindle users can access their book library from their phone, helpful for students who choose to do course reading electronically.
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PI83 Graphing Calculator

The going rate for graphing calculator’s still isn’t cheap, making a sidestep of a purchase that much more appealing. The PI83 Graphing Calculator app ($.99, iPhone) was created to mimic the features of the standard Texas graphing calculators. Perform standard functions – tables, coordinates, notations or graphs – while using the iPhone’s touchscreen to pan or zoom in and out of your work. As a bonus, the PI83 app even comes with a built-in anti-cheating policy for exam time. A timestamp is tagged to each screenshot taken while open and close times are logged to ensure the user didn’t navigate away to look up an answer.
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