Techies and trendsetters, Apple fans and cell-phone enthusiasts have all been buzzing about Apple's new iPhone. Many educators, too, are intrigued by this new technology and are weighing its potential impact in schools.

While some educators applaud the iPhone's revolutionary interface and its access to more than 300 applications, others say its high cost and lack of certain key features--such as a video camera--will keep them from investing in the device for their classrooms, at least for now.

Fueling schools' interest in the iPhone is the emergence of education-specific applications for the device.