France Telecom has teamed-up with France’s Ministry for National Education to offer subsidized iPad 2 to university students. Under this scheme, Orange (which is owned by France Telecom) will provide the 16GB iPad 2 Wi-Fi+3G for 1 EUR per day (30 EUR per month) to any student willing to commit on a two-year contract. As part of the deal, students get 1GB of mobile data per month, along with unlimited data for emails (attachments included) and unlimited data on Orange’s Wi-Fi Hotspot network. A 12-month option is also available, but it raises the monthly cost to 34 EUR, which is still acceptable.
Interested students in France can take advantage of this offer by visiting proximamobile.fr or orange.fr to verify their student credentials.
I like the idea though I’m not sure Apple should get the exclusive deal for such a scheme. If I were at some other tablet maker I would protest, asking for a similar treatment for my (Android Honeycomb-based) products…
[Via: TUAW]