The Choices of Today

The Choices of Today
The choices people made ten years ago were which mp3 player to choose. Today’s choices are which portable device we can tote around that provides us the most productivity throughout the day. As technology advances, long gone are the days of simple car phones that allowed us to talk in cars. People are now able to do work, send text, edit documents, play games, listen to music and just about anything else they would want to do. This is not just in our variety of cell phones. Today there are other choices such as choosing to get the Ipad or Ipod touch to tote around. While either product accomplishes most things, there are many similarities as well as differences because one performs different tasks than the other; they have different battery life expectations, though they do offer the same hard drive size selections.
The iPad is a combined tablet and laptop in a 9.56 x 7.47 x 0.5 box shape and only weighs around one and half pounds. The iPad is able to access and use the many apps available for Apple products as well as run several software programs. This product however, lacks a camera, the ability to video edit and the capability to see the videos on your television. Specific models do incorporate Wi-Fi, 3G technology, and GPS (Costello, 2011). The iPod offers some of the same as well as different functionality.
The iPod touch combines a net book, video player, platform for app use, and music player. The portable 4.4 x 2.3 x 0.28 device weighs about a quarter pound. The software on this device permits use of Apple’s apps, video and still image capture and editing with two different cameras, as well as the ability to connect with a Wi-Fi connection though it lacks GPS (Costello, 2011). The iPod touch also allows people to communicate through various methods including Instant Messaging. Battery life longevity depends on which product one chooses and they utilize its functions.
The iPad allows the consumer to accomplish many tasks...