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May 23, 2007
Work only for iPod civil servants
Twenty senior Home Office officials have been given iPods, but they will not have the chance to download their favourite tracks.
Instead the gadgets will be used for training, with the video iPods preloaded with 50 three to five-minute films about leadership.
The technology for the pilot project cost almost £9,000, but a Home Office spokeswoman insisted the "flexible learning" offered by the iPod system is good value for money compared to traditional classroom teaching.
Quizzed about the thorny issue of whether the top civil servants would be able to add their own choice of music and videos, the spokeswoman added: "As with all Home Office IT equipment, the video iPods should be used appropriately, for work purposes, and will be monitored accordingly."
Meanwhile, USA Today has included the iPod on a list of 25 inventions that have changed our lives in the past 25 years, describing it as the "coolest and easiest to use" portable digital music player.
Posted by ipodworld at May 23, 2007 09:35 AM
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