The iPad is widely seen as being one of the biggest devices of the future, combining the portability and ease of use of an e-book reader with the functionality of a netbook.  However, the computer-type thing is not without its fair share of bugs and other issues, which is why Princeton, George Washington, and other universities have been banning the iPad from campuses (or seriously considering bans).  As it turns out, the iPad is broken.

Apparently, the iPad has been causing major net congestion on those campuses due to the unit causing interference with other wireless devices and clogging up networks. Once it gets a DHCP address loaned to it by the wireless network, it refuses to relinquish the ID.  The universities blame the iPad because the errors started on April 4; the iPad began sales on April 3.  Plus, a similiar issue was seen with the iPhone when it launched in 2007, proving that Apple doesn’t learn from its earlier mistakes.

Hopefully, Apple will fix this problem sooner, rather than later.  I’d imagine the Mele Quadruplets would love to take iPads with them when they start college together.  You can’t be the future of learning if your device won’t work on a simple wireless network!

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