As college students around the country head back to campus, the free AvantGo service claims it offers up language courses, reference and other educational resources on mobile devices.

The AvantGo service provides interactive content and applications to PDAs and smartphones with more than 2,500 channels of news, entertainment and educational information, including: Encarta Language Learning; USAToday.com; Words of the Month; The Sporting News; Alternet.org, which provides a mix of breaking news, opinion and investigative journalism; eDealFinder.com Mobile Coupon, to save money on everything from music and movies to books, games and more; HandheldMed.com, a source of information for physicians, residents, medical students, and healthcare professionals; and Hollywood.com for movie coverage and listings.