Colleges Report Network Stability Issues with the iPad

Well, Apple's (News - Alert) praised iPad is having more troubles that just passing through Israeli borders; now, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that college admissions is also struggling with the product.

According to reports, the tablet is having issues being accepted at George Washington University and Princeton University because of network stability issues, similar to the reasons Israel banned entrance or sale of the device.

Cornell University is another college seeing connectivity problems with the device and is concerned about bandwidth overload.

While there's only three colleges to date that have complained about the nuisance and faultiness of the device, this rumor foreshadows a potentially bigger problem here, of Apple's incompatibility, after the company worked so hard to cater to the higher education market by claiming the iPad's portability and availability of electronic books.

Despite all the colleges saying they are trying to find fixes to the problems, George Washington also said earlier in April that its wireless network's security features don't support the iPad. George Washington has said it could take until next spring before the iPad operating system is fully supported on its network.

In addition, Princeton on Wednesday said it has proactively blocked about 20 percent of the devices from its network after noticing malfunctions that can affect the entire school's computer system.

Apple spokeswoman Teresa Brewer said in a recent release that she wasn't familiar with the schools' problems. The company sold more than 500,000 iPads the first week the product was in stores.

TMC (News - Alert) reached out to Apple, but the iPad manufacturer was not immediately available for comment.