Besides being able to check your Facebook account, email your girlfriend, call your Mom on the holidays, or play a Java version of Golden Axe, you can take a college class via your mobile phone.

ENGADGET: College course via mobile phone being offered in Japan

Besides the enjoyment and enhanced personal freedom that comes from being able to read and write, blind persons who use braille are much more likely to be employed.

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