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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Free Books

Aside from a free and easy way to read your way through classic lit, the Free Books app ($1.99, iPhone) is a great way to quote Dickens perfectly during your English lecture. With a library of more than 23,000 free domain classics, the app is a buffet of literature’s most famous authors. Not an Apple user? Try out Google’s collection of free books, now with an easy to navigate mobile page.
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