Tokyo-based university Aoyama Gakuin gives their students free iPhones. While at first glance this seems like a fantastic deal, the iPhones are apparently used to track the students. The iPhones will allow the University to tell if the students are physically on campus or not. The goal is to prevent cheating during roll calls, and can also be used for digital lectures (podcasts), doing homework and taking tests.

Would this fly in the US with all of our privacy advocates? Probably not, but a free iPhone is tempting.