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JetPack, a mobile app that creates mobile app/e-book hybrids which can replace classroom textbooks or course packs, has been released by Purdue University. The version currently in the Apple iTunes App Store is the JetPack reader for the iPhone. iPad and Android versions of the app are expected to be released in early 2012, and an authoring tool that will allow instructors to create their own JetPacks will be released in the summer of 2012. (Purdue University image) Download image

JetPack, a new mobile, cross-platform application released by Purdue University, creates mobile app/e-book hybirds. One of the first users is the Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research, which is published by the Purdue University Press. J-PUR, as the academic journal is known, has released its first volume in the JetPack catalog as one of the demo apps. (Purdue University image) Download image

Instructors will soon be able to add interactive media, such as this veterinary MRI viewer, into course materials using the JetPack mobile app, which is being released by Purdue University. Rebecca Packer, assistant professor of neurology and neurosurgery in the Purdue College of Veterinary Medicine, is one of the pilot users of the technology. (Purdue University image) Download image

An online mobile app/e-book hybrid, based on a new publishing platform called JetPack, is being released by Purdue University. A demonstration pack about the life of Amelia Earhart is currently available in the JetPack catalog, which is available for iPhones on the Apple iTunes App Store. (Purdue University image) Download image

JetPack, a new publishing platform that creates mobile app/e-book hybrids which can be used in education, is being released by Purdue University. An iPad version of the JetPack reader will be available in Janurary and will include a pack on the life of Amelia Earhart, including a special interactive timeline not available on the iPhone version. (Purdue University image) Download image

JetPack, a new publishing platform that creates mobile app/e-book hybrids which can be used in education, is being released by Purdue University. A version of the JetPack reader for Android phones will be available in the first quarter of 2012, as will an iPad version. Full versions of the software will be available in the summer of 2012. (Purdue University image) Download image