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"Test prep giant Kaplan and game maker Aspyr Media have adapted their SAT test prep video game, FutureU, for iPhone and iPad devices. FutureU is expected to be released next week, but Mashable got an early sneak peak.\nThe free FutureU SAT study game \u2014 which includes four $1.99 in-app premium upgrades for additional levels \u2014 will soon be available as an iOS application to students looking for a mobile interactive way to prepare for the SATs. \nThe application includes games designed around three key study areas: reading, writing and math.\nThe reading games are designed to improve player vocabulary and refine the app user's ability to find themes and arguments. When it comes to writing, FutureU games cover a smattering of topics to help users with run-on sentences, misplaced modifiers, tenses, subject-verb agreement and so on. The mathematics games focus on algebra, geometry, statistics and probability.\n\"Students are always on the go and busier than ever. So for us to work with Kaplan to develop a mobile version of futureU for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices that allows students to study \u2014 even when they might only have a few extra minutes here and there \u2014 just made sense,\" Aspyr Media CEO Michael Rogers says.\nWe haven't had the opportunity to test out the new app for ourselves, but FutureU for iPhone and iPad is modeled after existing SAT prep versions of the game for Nintendo DS, PC and Mac, and sounds like a promising way to get lackadaisical students a little more excited about SAT prep. Still, students looking for an easy way out of studying should be forewarned \u2014 FutureU is only meant to complement traditional study methods, not replace them altogether.\nApple's mobile devices have already become handy educational and learning tools, a trend that will likely continue as even more respected educational publishers mold their textbooks and learning tools for iPhone or iPad. \nFutureU Screenshots\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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