PalmOne expands commitment to education--and educators: do you work for a school, or serve on a board of education or a parent-teacher organization? If so, now you can buy your own personal Zire, Tungsten, LifeDrive or Treo thanks to the new Education Individual Store from palmOne.EDUCATORS HAVE LONG BEEN ABLE TO GET ADDITIONAL FREE HANDHELDS when buying for their institutions through the palmOne Education Purchase Program. But now teachers, administrators and other qualified individuals can enjoy attractive savings when they purchase a palmOne device and selected accessories for their own use. The following individuals are eligible to purchase through the palmOne Education Individual Store: * Employees of private or public preschool, K-12 or higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. institutions * Elected or appointed school board members * Elected or appointed officers of a PTA PTA or parent-teacher association: see parent education. or PTO PTO abbr. 1. Parent Teacher Organization 2. or p.t.o. please turn over 3. power takeoff PTO or pto please turn over Noun 1. * Qualified home school practitioners Participants may purchase up to two palmOne computing devices and two of any palmOne accessory during a school year. Products eligible for purchase through the palmOne Education Individual Store include all of the current product line: the Tungsten tungsten (tŭng`stən) [Swed.,=heavy stone], metallic chemical element; symbol W; at. no. 74; at. wt. 183.85; m.p. about 3,410°C;; b.p. 5,660°C;; sp. gr. 19.3 at 20°C;; valence +2, +3, +4, +5, or +6. E2, T5, C and E handhelds; the Zire 72, 31 and 21 handhelds; the LifeDrive mobile manager; and the Treo 600 and 650 smartphones. Accessories include a number of cases and peripherals, including the Universal Wireless Keyboard and the Wi-Fi Card. The Education Individual Store joins palmOne's long-standing Education Purchase Program (EPP (1) (Enhanced Parallel Port) See IEEE 1284. (2) (Ethernet Packet Processor) A chip from Kalpana, Inc., Santa Clara, CA that doubles speed of Ethernet transmission to 20Mbits/sec. In 1994, Kalpana was acquired by Cisco. ) for institutions. The EPP gives schools a way to extend their technology budget by offering additional free handhelds for various levels of institutional purchases. Purchases can be made from an authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: palmOne reseller of which there are many specially committed to serving the needs of education institutions. The EPP program is designed to assist schools in deploying palmOne handhelds for each student in a classroom, in larger school projects and in campuswide initiatives. It is open to all public and private K-12 schools, colleges and universities in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . For more information on the Education Individual Store and the Education Purchase Program, please visit www.palmOne.com/us/education/store |
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